Sliding Table Saw Hold-downs / Clamps

[Brian W Evans]

Recently I got my local Woodcraft's circular in the mail and I saw this:

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I really don't like the slider clamps that came with my Minimax SC-4, so I bought a couple. They are far superior to the Minimax clamps, IMHO, and very nice quality for the price. They come with a variety of pieces for various sizes of T-track, from standard 7/16" (1/4-20 heads) to 1 1/8", which is what I need for my sliding table. I especially like the adjustment crank at the back.

I have seen homemade versions of this on Sawmill Creek, but never a commercial product. I'm very excited to have found this!

Here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z74DR5P

[Kyle Stiefel]

These are great bang for the buck, I have a couple. The only downside is the lack of autoadjust but you get the great pricepoint.

Their bases are nice and can be used on the more expensive Kreg autoadjust if desired or utilized around the shop for jigs etc.

[Brian W Evans]

These are great bang for the buck, I have a couple. The only downside is the lack of autoadjust but you get the great pricepoint.

Their bases are nice and can be used on the more expensive Kreg autoadjust if desired or utilized around the shop for jigs etc.

Yup. These are about 1/2 the price of the Kreg autoadjust. I find the autoadjust is hit or miss and I actually don't like it. I would rather have the crank.

I hadn't thought about using them in a jig but the extra base pieces would definitely make that easy. Guess I will be getting a couple more.

[Frank Martin]

This looks great but wish it had the Kreg auto adjust feature. I have several Kreg clamps, they even replaced my Veritas hold downs using base adaptors to make them work in 3/4” bench dogs. I wonder if all the hardware (minus the clamp itself) would work with Kreg clamps and available separately…

[Kyle Stiefel]

I do believe it is compatible as I have seen others say it did work. Although I can't verity with 100% certainty as I don't have the Kreg clamp.

This looks great but wish it had the Kreg auto adjust feature. I have several Kreg clamps, they even replaced my Veritas hold downs using base adaptors to make them work in 3/4” bench dogs. I wonder if all the hardware (minus the clamp itself) would work with Kreg clamps and available separately…

[Brian W Evans]

This looks great but wish it had the Kreg auto adjust feature. I have several Kreg clamps, they even replaced my Veritas hold downs using base adaptors to make them work in 3/4” bench dogs. I wonder if all the hardware (minus the clamp itself) would work with Kreg clamps and available separately…

i just checked - the screw on the base of the Kreg Automaxx clamps and these Milescraft clamps are the same size and thread pitch. Maybe contact Milescraft and see if they would offer just the base and other pieces without the clamp? I would buy a couple of sets.

[Kyle Stiefel]

They, do, here is a link, 10 bucks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

i just checked - the screw on the base of the Kreg Automaxx clamps and these Milescraft clamps are the same size and thread pitch. Maybe contact Milescraft and see if they would offer just the base and other pieces without the clamp? I would buy a couple of sets.

[Brian W Evans]

They, do, here is a link, 10 bucks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Great! Thanks!

I see they also have a smaller clamp (3" vs 6") as well.

[Frank Martin]

They, do, here is a link, 10 bucks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That’s great. Thanks for the link. Ordered one.

[Jim Becker]

I have a couple of the Kreg clamps and will have to see what I can do to adapt them for use on the slider wagon. I don't mind the cam clamps in a huge way, but do like the auto-adjusting clamp feature of the Kreg clamps I have. (they came in the boxes with the two Kreg horses I bought)

[Tom Bain]

Does anyone know if they fit Felder sliding table slot?

[Aaron Inami]

Yup. Kyle turned me onto these as well. The Milescraft base kit come with a large T-Slot insert and it fits the Felder K700 tables perfectly.

Now only if we could find a miter gauge that fit the Felder X-roll table.

[Bryan Hall]

I find the autoadjust is hit or miss and I actually don't like it.

Agreed. Maybe I've just never had a functional set but I never use my kreg autoadjust clamps since they are so terribly unreliable.

[Jim Becker]

Does anyone know if they fit Felder sliding table slot?

Adapting to a specific slot size isn't that hard...I made sticks of material out of oak that precisely fit the tee slot in my SCM/Minimax wagon so I could use hold-downs and fixtures attached to the wagon. Someone more skilled with metal than me could do the same with aluminum or steel.

[Kyle Stiefel]

I did as Jim mentioned. I had my old well loved Incra that I had on my trusty Griz. I plowed a new slot through and secured on a piece on a scrap. I am as fond of the Incra as the day I got it I think about 20 yrs ago.

On a side note I honestly still prefer to rip thin strips on a traditional TS which I don't have, so sad

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