Recently I decided to take the plunge and buy a 3D printer. I've been looking at them off and on for the last two years and I keep coming up with jigs and tools that would be easy to make if I only had one. What I bought is a Creality CR10 V3 Titan Direct Drive printer with a 300mm x 300mm x 400mm print capacity. For my first project I decided to take some cheap but well made Chinese 201-B hold down clamps and adapt them to be used with 1/4-20 T-Track with a 3 piece 3D printed base. I calculate that the total cost per clamp at $3.45 per clamp. Because I used this as a learning project I printed them in both PLA, (black) and PETG, (red). I was really pleased how they turned out. If you have a 3D printer and would like the .stl files I'll be happy to share. I designed these in Sketchup and exported them to .stl files using an export plugin from Simlab. (The demo version gives you the first 30 exports for free.)
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The main part that attaches to the clamp is tapped with a M6 6mm metric tap and attached with 4 M6 x 8mm hex cap screws, the base plate attaches with 4 #6 x 1/2" wood screws and the 1/4-20 x 3/4" bolt and nut are used with the center wheel to tighten or loosen the connection to the T-Track.
With the amount that the base raises up the clamp the thickest material you could hold down would be 3/8" or 10mm without having to add a longer hold down pad but I'll mostly use them with 1/2" or 3/4 material so that likely won't be an issue for me but you can make longer pads using rubber furniture feet, 1/4 - 20 or 6mm threaded rod a couple nuts and a fender washer. The ones I've made I use a cap nut and a regular nut with a star washer.