Bamboo clamp set made using an IKEA APTITLIG

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Good luck. Show a picture if you finish them.

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You used ā€œfurniture insertsā€ ??

Are they the same as wood inserts without the bolts ā€¦ I get wood inserts locally not furniture inserts.

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Hello Michael,

I use these type insert nuts that you can buy through Amazon and maybe local:https://www.amazon.com/Furniture-Thread-Insert-Flanged-CeXaoYg/dp/B09PB7X73N

You need M6 x10 mm or M6 x13 depending on your material thickness.

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Good day Hidde.

I made these clamps and I ordered M6x10mm Threaded Insert Nuts. I have a Shapeoko Pro XXL with that t-track/mdf strips waste board.

I do not get how these adapt and screw down onto the Carbide 3D Teez Nutz that slide in the t-track???

Do the threaded insert nuts go in from the side with the wider, contersunk hole or from the smaller hole? My stock was 3/4" plywood.

Thank you for sharing information, files, tips and being active in the community!

JRC

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Hi JRC,

I have an older model that does not use the tracks. My wasteboard has a threaded hole every 50mm.

I am not sure how the new tracks are designed, but I think you should be able to use the clamps with the 6mm t-nuts. However, the bolt length should be adapted to the depth of your stock and waste board so that this does not bottom out. (This is in a way also true for my setup, as my bolts (when too long) bottom out on my bench.)

Another way is to use a t-bolt upside down an place a washer and nut on top. Link

I can amend the L-brackets to a different spacing if you wish so that these will fit your rails? Let me know how these tracks are spaced on your shapeoko?

Kind regards,

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Make sure when you order the threaded inserts that you get the proper length. I ordered 3/4 inch for my 3/4 pdf board and they are too long. Duh. Easy fix but better to not have to fix it.

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Are the threaded inserts to jack up the back end of the clamp to keep it relatively level? i.e. the bolts donā€™t actually fasten to anything, they just rest on the wasteboard & lift the back end?

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How are bamboo cutting boards made? Do they split the bamboo into strands and glue it up. Are the cutting boards end grain or face grain?

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I have seen pretty much every arrangement ā€” depends on what one wants to pay for.

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That is indeed correct.

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