Bamboo clamp set made using an IKEA APTITLIG

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For anyone who is interested. I created this set of bamboo clamps on my Shapeoko 3 using a IKEA APTITLIG cutting board + 4 M6x10 mm furniture inserts.

The nice thing about bamboo is that it can handle moist (my shed isn’t heated) and it is flexible yet sturdy enough to get a good grip.

I created these using a standard 2 flute M6 wood router bit.

Each clamp takes M6 bolts. The L-shaped alignment tool has a 50 mm spacing.

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Terrific Job. Thanks!

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Thanks for your hard work on these and sharing.
Appreciated,
Pete

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Watch out for the glue joints when you tension the clamps.

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Thanks fot the heads-up. So far it has worked great for me. I have used them for several weeks now and no delamintaion of the bamboo layers yet.

However, you can ofcourse use other materials if you wish.

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Enjoy. Always nice to share things that can help others.

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Those Aptitlig boards are great. Most stable (when V-carving), consistent thickness, and flattest bamboo I’ve played with.

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Thanks for sharing with your community!

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Good stuff may have to try these and we have an Ikea in town ha.

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I will not publicly admit to how many APTITLIG boards I bought over time, but let’s just say that I raise a lot of eyebrows there when paying for 7 or 8 of them at a time :sweat_smile:
Or even before that while spending 10min selecting eight boards of the exact same color from the stack.
“Look at that weirdo”

Excellent, consistent quality. I never used them for clamps though, it was all coasters and trivets and various custom holders.

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When I go into Ikea many of the customers truly are weird. So picking through the cutting boards is likely the least weird thing that goes on in Ikea.

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Really nice and thanks so much for sharing.

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Nice work. What nut pattern size (how far apart are the nuts) do you use on your wasted board?

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These are spaced at 50 mm. If you need another spacing let me know. I can always adjust these.

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I indeed know the look of other customers :woozy_face: