Gino Development 02-0667 TruePower Drill Press Locking Clamp, 9"

Use with drill press, on portable bandsaw table, welding table. Handy tool!

This tool is quite easy to mount on the deck of a drillpress, and does so securely. Easy to adjust position as needed. I think it would be more versatile if the contact "foot" was a little broader, but perhaps that would cause some limitations, as well. Certainly, the photo portrays it accurately, so that can't be criticized.

Someone asked about attaching to a drill table using T-nuts... I'm not really sure how you would use this with a T-Nut. The round object you see IS the nut, and you need to be able to rotate it to tighten and loosen the clamp to the drill table from below. Separately, you adjust the clamp itself (like a pair of vise-grip pliers) to clamp object above.Coming from the bottom of the clamp is what appears to be an M12 x 1.75mm threaded stud about 38mm long (it measures 0.450" OD ~ 11.43mm, and the threads measure correct for 1.75 mm/thread). I'm pretty sure it is not an inch thread as it isn't close to anything either UNC or UNF.The stud is fixed to the clamp, i.e. it does not turn by itself. Tightening is done by turning the round part. There would be no way to tighten a T-nut. I suppose you could use a nut and washers instead, but this actually works quite well. (correction- I guess you COULD tighten to a T-Nut by rotating the entire clamp. But that seems to me to not be desirable as things will often be in the way)My drill table has "X" slots that are about 0.58 wide. This works just fine with them.Well worth it!

Please note that the clamp will not work with material less than 3/8" thick. You will be required to add a piece of material between the clamp and the material to be worked on. Doing this can cause some complications. A simple solution is to add a clamping head that is taller than the original and to widen the head for more bite. The stud on the clamp that goes through the drill press is longer than necessary in my opinion. Great concept...not great execution.

This is a very useful and easy to adjust hold-down device for light machine work such as drilling small holes in larger flat items. It would not do for heavier machining or where the force tends to push the work in a particular direction, such as when using an end mill. It's main advantage is that it is quick. For very small pieces a machine vise or clamps are necessary.

I was sick of metal and wood getting swung around on my drill press so I got this. It only happened twice, but twice was enough. This works great on my drill press and adjusts great. I couldn't use the round blot on my drill press though, I have to get a coupling nut, a long nut, just Google it, because how the table of my drill press worked. I tighten it in place with a crescent wrench and it works great. Also, on finished wood you need to have a piece of scrap between the clamp and the finished wood as the part that presses against the wood isn't flat it has a design. Besides that it works.

Most of the time I'm using my drill press to drill holes in wooden planks with forstner bits. Before I purchased these clamps I was just using small bar clamps (all I had at the time) which needless to say wasted a lot of time. These clamps have sped up my production time immensely.I've had other harbor freight quality, vice grip style pliers/clamps before so we'll see with time if they hold up. For $11/each I'm not going to complain if they don't last forever. I'm using them on a $45 HF drill press after all.

It works as designed, good.