kinsella
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Holdfasts at Workshopheaven. £49 for 1 is steep but not sure where else they are available.
http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Con ... ml#SID=398
http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Con ... ml#SID=398
kinsella":15768so2 said:Holdfasts at Workshopheaven. £49 for 1 is steep but not sure where else they are available.
http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Con ... ml#SID=398
wizard":2z1zzzys said:I think i will light up the forge :shock:
AndyT":3bjtdwbi said:They look very similar to the ones that some of us were fortunate enough to be able to buy from Richard T.
Congrats to Matt at WH for managing to sort out an alternative maker.
They really are so effective and quick to use. I would not want to go back to messing about with screw threaded cramps and suchlike.
£49 for a pair is not unreasonable.
Glynne":21n84gvz said:Not the classic ones, but I have a pair of Sjoberg ones which I think are really good. £26.45 from Axminster.
kinsella":38rd0psu said:Brill, 19.95 euro is a bit more like it.
Fromey":3msjxciu said:I bough a pair from The English Woodworker a while ago and, although very nicely made, they've never worked. When I whack them down, they contact the wood only on the rear 1/4 of the foot, which means they don't have much grip and my work moves quite easily. This is almost certainly because of the thickness of my bench/diameter of the dog holes (a Sjobergs bench). Unfortunately I don't have the where-with-all to bend the foot down by a couple of degrees so that it will make full contact.
Do you think a standard blacksmith could do this (big hammer and anvil) or is there some sort of trick to fettling them to your bench?
Fromey":x92yc9mr said:I bough a pair from The English Woodworker a while ago and, although very nicely made, they've never worked. When I whack them down, they contact the wood only on the rear 1/4 of the foot, which means they don't have much grip and my work moves quite easily. This is almost certainly because of the thickness of my bench/diameter of the dog holes (a Sjobergs bench). Unfortunately I don't have the where-with-all to bend the foot down by a couple of degrees so that it will make full contact.
Do you think a standard blacksmith could do this (big hammer and anvil) or is there some sort of trick to fettling them to your bench?
Fromey":35zqdatt said:I bough a pair from The English Woodworker a while ago and, although very nicely made, they've never worked. When I whack them down, they contact the wood only on the rear 1/4 of the foot, which means they don't have much grip and my work moves quite easily. This is almost certainly because of the thickness of my bench/diameter of the dog holes (a Sjobergs bench). Unfortunately I don't have the where-with-all to bend the foot down by a couple of degrees so that it will make full contact.
Do you think a standard blacksmith could do this (big hammer and anvil) or is there some sort of trick to fettling them to your bench?
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