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So this is how it turned out. Spare bit of oak from a door kit and two M12 bolts. The clamps are angled to push the workpiece down and back. Works great.

Thanks guys. Some good suggestions. What I've decided to do, certainly in the interim is to use a couple of push toggle clamps mounted on an inclined slotted plate to provide the downwards clamping force to keep the workpiece pushed into the angle of the bed and back plate. The mounting plate...

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I'm using an Erbauer 1/2" shank plunge router - which I normally use for kitchen worktops with a 50mm surface mill and a collet extension. My sled is based on 4040 aluminium extrusion. The issues I've found are that the router head will rock side to side on its plunge sliders slightly and...

I recently bought a NuTools floor standing Morticer (Poolewood did one almost identical) which is quite old but it didn't come with a work piece clamp, see below. Trying to find one from a scrap machine or anything that uses a T bolt mounting. Any help and suggestions welcome. Thanks.

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I need to make a shed load of oak dowels from solid timber for a dining table where everything used in it comes from the raw timber bought for it - i.e. no 'foreign' material. Does anyone have a design for a simple dowel making jig. The finished dowels need to be 10mm diameter and there needs...