Making a Tube Clamp for a Tube Notcher
The guys in the NAU Mini Baja SAE team on the local campus bought a Harbor Freight tube notcher to make be able to cut and fit the Mini Baja SAE race cart they are building for their final engineering project (and to race). No, I didn’t go back to school. The son is on the team. You know how there are some hidden gems in the Harbor Freight tools? This isn’t one of them.
I was going to extend the base so they could position to make the longer shallow cuts, but when I checked the tube clamp it not only wasn’t at the same height as the arbor, but it didn’t hold the tube level. The arbor actually isn’t to terrible. I decided to make them a new clamp for the tube first. Its made so a wtap around clamp can be made for it, but the strap clamp allows you to turn the clamp/vise in either direction. I might not even have to extend the base. The wrap around clamp gets int he way and only allows you to turn the vise in one direction.
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The
Curly Buzz Frog Went Thru Three Versions Before it Was Right
ITS RIGHT, and now there are FOUR sizes available of VERSION 4 |
The tube notcher still uses hole saws which aren’t great, but if I make one for myself (I probably will) I think I’ll set it up to use annular cutters.
| TWO GREAT BAITS WITH
A COMMON BEGINNING The current RFG and the RFLT are 4th and 5th generation descendants of the original RFG. |
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 https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-bait-molds/curly-tail-baits/rfg-ribbed-flipping-grub-1-cavity-or-6-cavity |
 https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-bait-molds/creature-baits/rflt-1-or-6-cavity |
