[WIP]evil style tube clamps

[Xilikon]

You're not tricking me with the renders again...

[iandh]

evil and iandh, those are pretty amazing dude. Great design and great craftsmanship. How are they made? milled out of solid AL or milled as straight piece then bent? If that's asking too much then forget I ever asked, it doesn't detract from their quality.

They're milled out of solid 6061 aluminum bar. There are three different holding jigs with four machining steps.

[Gir92]

I'm interested in a Fuzion V1 clamp and MCW60 AIO clamp depending on the price.

[evil-98]

There is NO WAY that those are renders... they're just too real, they have to be photos...

EDIT: So after reading through the thread (great advice for anyone that doesn't want to make a fool of themselves) I see they are. Nice try evil...







...smartass . You had me questioning myself for a second

Oh, nice job by the way, very sexy (never thought I would hear myself say that about aluminium hose tubing clamps)

i thought i was obvious it was a photo.. i guess i can take that as a complement lol

I don't use this one often but

lol

that should be sigged...

We just like giving evil a hard time about it.

evil, very nice bud If I used barbed fittings, I'd certainly look into getting a bunch but, unfortunately I don't.

thanks.. im sure you got a few barb fittings some where

nice finished product d00d! Was there any pricing on these bad boys now or???? You can PM if you can't post $ here. . .

thanks! well discuss about pricing in the future, this has just begun

Yeah I tried PM'ing you and never got a response back.

sorry i didnt respond, i must have missed it as i spent probably 3 hrs trying to PM everyone back

Wow those look awesome! How do we go about ordering them? I'd take a dozen of the red one's

thanks, i will let you know as soon as i can

damn they are sexy :O

You're not tricking me with the renders again...

... i never have

I'm interested in a Fuzion V1 clamp and MCW60 AIO clamp depending on the price.

how did you know i had one for the MCW60! i will let you know as soon as i can

[Waterlogged]

thanks.. im sure you got a few barb fittings some where

Yea, I do but they're all sitting in a spare fittings tote, I wish block makers would stop including barbs. I'm not an XS Lemming that worships barbs or compressions, I travel the road of the push-in and shall continue to for quite some time...although, I do plan 1 build with some nice Koolance 3/8" x 1/2" comps.

[evil-98]

Yea, I do but they're all sitting in a spare fittings tote, I wish block makers would stop including barbs. I'm not an XS Lemming that worships barbs or compressions, I travel the road of the push-in and shall continue to for quite some time...although, I do plan 1 build with some nice Koolance 3/8" x 1/2" comps.

hey i dont mind them throwing in the fittings as long as they dont charge us for them

well when ever you need some clamps for you non comps you know where to go

[Gir92]

how did you know i had one for the MCW60! i will let you know as soon as i can

To be honest, it was a random guess and hope

I figured since the Fuzion and MCW60 are so incredibly popular, that you would have a lot of demand for them.

[aspire.comptech]

Pm with pricing for a dozen in green with black screws?

Pm or email

aspire[dot]comptech[at]gmail[dot]com

[GrossmeisterB]

PM with prices for 15 of the black ones 3/4" pls!!!

[evil-98]

ill get you the prices as soon as i can, its too early for that right now

[just a noob]

i don't usually like gold at all, but, i do like the looks of those, if the price is reasonable, i'll be all over those like a hobo on a ham sandwich

[majestik]

Out of curiousity, how are they actually made? As in, manufacturing process.

[iandh]

Out of curiousity, how are they actually made? As in, manufacturing process.

They're CNC machined on this machine:

http://www.haascnc.com/details_VMC_N...0#VMCTreeModel

[majestik]

so, out of a solid alu block? wow!

[iandh]

so, out of a solid alu block? wow!

Yeah they are machined out of solid aluminum bar stock.


You should see the machine run... it literally makes the floor shake when it's cranking full speed.

[majestik]

mmmmmm..... solid block of alu........

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Yeah they are machined out of solid aluminum bar stock.


You should see the machine run... it literally makes the floor shake when it's cranking full speed.

really impressive machine... watched the video and I am in awe , I cant wait to see the CNC plasma cutter run that I've got for my current build

[Aragon]

Looks like a great product and I'm certanly would be a purchaser of such as soon as it becomes available

[Sparky]

So if they are made of out solid aluminum block, isn't that a lot of waste afterwards? Do you recapture the shavings and melt them down to reuse it?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

So if they are made of out solid aluminum block, isn't that a lot of waste afterwards? Do you recapture the shavings and melt them down to reuse it?

I expect that an efficient layout can make many clamps out of one block of ALU

[Xilikon]

With proper planning, it can be pretty efficient if 10-20 clamps is made out of a single block by positionning them so it interlock together while having enough space for a end mill. If the block is thick, you can even stack 3-4 clamps on a plane then just separate them with a saw.

[iandh]

So if they are made of out solid aluminum block, isn't that a lot of waste afterwards? Do you recapture the shavings and melt them down to reuse it?

If you look at the picture of the machine, you can see a funnel sticking out the side... that is fed by an auger in the bottom of the machine which feeds the chips into a catch bin. Once the shop has 500 pounds or so of chips, they call in a company that comes and buys the chips from them to take for recycling.

With proper planning, it can be pretty efficient if 10-20 clamps is made out of a single block by positionning them so it interlock together while having enough space for a end mill. If the block is thick, you can even stack 3-4 clamps on a plane then just separate them with a saw.

The final jig will be doing 20 clamps at a time... although we probably could fit 50-60 on the size of mill bed the machine has.

[Sparky]

Ahh OK that makes sense.

[Xilikon]

I assume the reason you didn't do 50-60 at once is because the block that big cost a lot more.

I cannot wait to see them in 5/8" variety then you have a customer for 20

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

I assume the reason you didn't do 50-60 at once is because the block that big cost a lot more.

I cannot wait to see them in 5/8" variety then you have a customer for 20

+1 5/8" clamps FTW