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"Andy"

15/02/2006 12:48 PM

Quick question - can someone measure a k-body for me?

Hi all,
I just ordered my first set of k-bodies via the special deal on Amazon.
(Great deal - thanks for the post, bf!) I'm also going to be making a
clamp rack soon (probably before the clamps arrive), something like the
one in this photo
http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/DSCN2413.JPG
Most of my F-style clamps have a bar that is about or slightly under
1/4" wide, so routing a 1/4" groove partway through some 3/4" ply
should let them hang fine. I'm wondering, though, how thick the bar is
on k-body clamps, so I can include some space for those to hang when
they arrive. I'm assuming it's thicker than the ones on rest of my
bourgeois clamps. Also, how much space should I allow between them
(i.e. how wide is the head)?
Thanks very much!
Andy


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"Andy"

in reply to "Andy" on 15/02/2006 12:48 PM

15/02/2006 1:04 PM

Excellent - a reply within 11 minutes. I was guessing less than an
hour, but that's excellent! Thanks very much,
Andy

DD

David

in reply to "Andy" on 15/02/2006 12:48 PM

15/02/2006 1:17 PM

David wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I just ordered my first set of k-bodies via the special deal on Amazon.
>> (Great deal - thanks for the post, bf!) I'm also going to be making a
>> clamp rack soon (probably before the clamps arrive), something like the
>> one in this photo
>> http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/DSCN2413.JPG
>> Most of my F-style clamps have a bar that is about or slightly under
>> 1/4" wide, so routing a 1/4" groove partway through some 3/4" ply
>> should let them hang fine. I'm wondering, though, how thick the bar is
>> on k-body clamps, so I can include some space for those to hang when
>> they arrive. I'm assuming it's thicker than the ones on rest of my
>> bourgeois clamps. Also, how much space should I allow between them
>> (i.e. how wide is the head)?
>> Thanks very much!
>> Andy
>>
> .336
sorry I typoed. it's .366. two sixes, one three.

DD

David

in reply to "Andy" on 15/02/2006 12:48 PM

15/02/2006 1:19 PM

Andy wrote:

> Excellent - a reply within 11 minutes. I was guessing less than an
> hour, but that's excellent! Thanks very much,
> Andy
>
I typoed and not sure last post went through. should have been: .366
Dave

DD

David

in reply to "Andy" on 15/02/2006 12:48 PM

15/02/2006 12:59 PM

Andy wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just ordered my first set of k-bodies via the special deal on Amazon.
> (Great deal - thanks for the post, bf!) I'm also going to be making a
> clamp rack soon (probably before the clamps arrive), something like the
> one in this photo
> http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/DSCN2413.JPG
> Most of my F-style clamps have a bar that is about or slightly under
> 1/4" wide, so routing a 1/4" groove partway through some 3/4" ply
> should let them hang fine. I'm wondering, though, how thick the bar is
> on k-body clamps, so I can include some space for those to hang when
> they arrive. I'm assuming it's thicker than the ones on rest of my
> bourgeois clamps. Also, how much space should I allow between them
> (i.e. how wide is the head)?
> Thanks very much!
> Andy
>
.336

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PCProffitt

in reply to "Andy" on 15/02/2006 12:48 PM

15/02/2006 9:08 PM

The bar is 3/8" thick. The head is almost 1.5" wide.

Andy wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just ordered my first set of k-bodies via the special deal on Amazon.
> (Great deal - thanks for the post, bf!) I'm also going to be making a
> clamp rack soon (probably before the clamps arrive), something like the
> one in this photo
> http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/DSCN2413.JPG
> Most of my F-style clamps have a bar that is about or slightly under
> 1/4" wide, so routing a 1/4" groove partway through some 3/4" ply
> should let them hang fine. I'm wondering, though, how thick the bar is
> on k-body clamps, so I can include some space for those to hang when
> they arrive. I'm assuming it's thicker than the ones on rest of my
> bourgeois clamps. Also, how much space should I allow between them
> (i.e. how wide is the head)?
> Thanks very much!
> Andy
>


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