Summary

Need to help my children with some simple woodworking projects for Christmas, and needed some clamps to glue some parts together. Turns out, clamps are expensive. As I need to learn how to use Fusion360 anyway, here is the first result. Print two, and you are off to the races.

Sometime, I will try to get my wife to take some decent pictures of it to add to the description.

If you end up actually printing this, please post it. I would love to see it.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Monoprice

                                            <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong>                     <div><p>Maker Select</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>                     <div><p>.25</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>                     <div><p>25%</p></div></p>                                                    <strong>Filament:</strong> MakerGeeks.com PETG                User's preference                    <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>Printed with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.makergeeks.com">http://www.makergeeks.com</a> PETG.</p></div>

Post-Printing

There is a pocket in the face of the clamp for a nut, so you can use a 1/4" bolt to clamp with. There is also a pocket for an M3 nut in the dowel hole, it you need to use a set screw. Not all 3/4" dowels are created equal, or even 3/4"!

Turns out the dowels that I had were far from consistant. I had to take a dremel with a sanding drum to the inside of my clamps so they would go over the wide spots on the dowels.

Wooden Dowel Clamp