Kreg Klamp Table / Klamp Table Top

[George Bokros]

Anyone have the Kreg Klamp Table or the Klamp Table Top? Anyone make a similar set up using the Kreg Klamp Tracks and klamps?

If so what is your opinion of this jig, is it worth the expense? I am not a professional cabinet shop and do not build lots of cabinets so it would be kind of luxury for me.

Thanks

[Mike Heidrick]

It is really nice for joining face frames together. Their laminate covered mdf is really heavy duty and it is edge banded and they bolt that Ttrack down with about 50 bolts. Typical kreg quality. How do you join face frames now? There is a jig kit sold by some vendor (maybe rockler or peachtree) with just the track and the spacers and a couple clamps.

I mounted a couple on the back of my JLT clamp rack. Its actually in the same plane as my foreman too so it acts like support when I am drilling pocket holes. Sorry for picture size.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e169/BloomingtonMike/klamp2.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e169/BloomingtonMike/klamp3.jpg

[Keith Pleas]

I have the table top. Have literally never used it once in more than a year, though I might in the near future. I also have a couple of their bench clamps on plates on my main table, and I use those regularly. The table top is rather small I think.

[Jack Lemley]

I have the clamp table on the Kreg leg set with Woodcraft 3 1/2" hd casters under it. Use it regularly and would not part with it. I also built a couple of large drawers and mounted them under the clamp table.

Jack

[George Bokros]

I have the clamp table on the Kreg leg set with Woodcraft 3 1/2" hd casters under it. Use it regularly and would not part with it. I also built a couple of large drawers and mounted them under the clamp table. Jack

Jack, do you have pic of the table with the drawers?

Thanks

[Jack Lemley]

No, but I can get one this afternoon. I will post it here.

Jack

[George Bokros]

No, but I can get one this afternoon. I will post it here.

Jack

Thanks Jack. i will watch for it.

[Jim Andrew]

I built an assembly table using a harbor freight motorcycle lift, put a plywood top on it, and used extrusions bought on ebay for T tracks. The T tracks measure 3/4 thick x 1 1/2 wide, and I used them on the right and lower edges of the table. Double top with lower edge out 1 1/2" to make the track flush with the top. I have a couple of the Kreg plates I plan to put in the center, when I figure out exactly where to mount them. My top is about 3'x7'. Multi use table.

[Dan Rude]

I have been looking at this system from http://www.generaltools.com/8562--Professional-Face-Frame-Jig-System-X2_p_2792.html for a little while. I have the k5 and several of the Kreg clamps and one Rockler clamp. I use it all the time for other things and face frames when I need one. Dan

[George Bokros]

That looks like a nice system Dan. I have the K3 and am happy with it. I use it for face frames and web frames and recently built a vanity attaching the sides to the bottom as well as building the face frame.

[Jack Lemley]

George,

Here's a pic. Let me know if you have any questions.

Jack

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Thanks Jack. i will watch for it.

[George Bokros]

That looks awesome Jack. I am guessing you just built a box to fit between the legs and dropped it in from the top or did you have to install the box as the legs were assembled.

I want one of these bad but am having trouble convincing myself I really need it. I built a shop full of cabinets without one along with a closet organizer and a vanity. I have two more small closet organizers and one large closet organizer to built yet and who knows what else.

The fact the top is completely clear you can build a face frame of almost unlimited size.

Thanks for the pic.

[Greg Hines, MD]

Here are some photos of mine. I used 3/4" plywood base, two of the Kreg rails, and Woodpeckers X-mat for the field. I clamp it to my workmate when I used it. It gives me a lot of versatility.

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[Brian Tymchak]

Would love to have a Kreg clamp top but I'm space constrained. If I could marry it to my TS as an outfeed, then I might be able to swing it. Someone on the Creek build a lot of the functionality of one of those tables into their bench top. But I just can't bring myself to cutting into the top of the bench that took so darn long to build...

[George Bokros]

Could someone who has the Klamp Trak measure the width of it please? I know it is ~3/4" thick and comes in 33 3/4" lengths

Thanks

[Greg Hines, MD]

Could someone who has the Klamp Trak measure the width of it please? I know it is ~3/4" thick and comes in 33 3/4" lengths

Thanks

Its about 2 1/2" wide. It is exactly 3/4" thick/high. I can measure it when I get home if you don't have a final by then.

Doc

[Jim Dwight]

A MFT - or MFT style table - seems more versatile. There is a guy on the Festool forum selling a $40 router base that lets you bore the holes with a plunge router and a sheet of pegboard. Because the holes are precisely located you can use them to establish a right angle for clamping parts during assembly. And you can easily clamp to the table top using the holes (and tracksaw clamps). Lots of accessories available.

[George Bokros]

Thanks for the reply Greg. I am designing a new workbench / assembly table and this will help me determine the size and how I want to design it. I thought they were somewhere between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches wide.

[Jack Lemley]

George,

I actually built the cabinet inside the leg set with the top in place. I cut panels and drilled holes in the frame to run screws into each panel. I used 3/4 ply. Nothing fancy. Might be easier if the top was off though. I have never been guilty of doing things the easy way ;-)

Jack


That looks awesome Jack. I am guessing you just built a box to fit between the legs and dropped it in from the top or did you have to install the box as the legs were assembled.

I want one of these bad but am having trouble convincing myself I really need it. I built a shop full of cabinets without one along with a closet organizer and a vanity. I have two more small closet organizers and one large closet organizer to built yet and who knows what else.

The fact the top is completely clear you can build a face frame of almost unlimited size.

Thanks for the pic.

[Jack Lemley]

2 1/4 inches wide


Could someone who has the Klamp Trak measure the width of it please? I know it is ~3/4" thick and comes in 33 3/4" lengths

Thanks

[George Bokros]

Jack, thanks for the info on the width and how you built the cabinet.