Nice, next time instead of putting the spring-washer in the vice, etc, just put it on the “ball”, place the “foot against and close the clamp. The neck of the foot will push the washer over the ball. You may just have to close it a bit before welding. Cheers
The main reason these break off is someone trying to open up the clamp wider than it was designed for and the action of the screw thread easily pops it off. To prevent this happening, simply put a small weld blob on the screw, one or two threads up from the end. On a lot of makes, there is no ring clip, the rim of the hole simply being burred over to stop it falling off. If this is the case, tighten up the clamp with the shoe, on a good solid lump of steel and simply go round the rim with a punch ... no need to smack it too hard, it does not take much of a turn over to retain it., While the shoe is off, take the opportunity to tidy up the face with a file and paper and chamfer the corners - much easier to do with it off.
@@timjohnun4297 yeah dogs have such a great sense of smell they don't need their eyes. Just about every old dog is blind. They can still get around though. It's not like they have to hunt for their food or anything. Dogs don't see that great when they have perfect vision. Sight isn't their primary sense or even secondary. That'd be smell and sound. Dogs are not like us.
@@1pcfred Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Let's just maim a dog because he doesn't need his eyes anyway and you're too fkn lazy to remove him from harm. I bet you support tail docking and ear cropping too?
For those wondering why this is a C clamp and not a G clamp, the name has nothing to do with the shape and everything to do with the Carriagemakers who originally used them during assembly of parts. The C stands for Carriagemaker.
G clamp is another name for a F clamp. It's a different style of clamp with two names. Sometimes G or F clamps are called bar clamps too. If you're not into the whole letter thing.
@@rupe53 different people call different things different names. An F, G or bar clamp are all the same thing. The tool in this video is only properly known as a C clamp. That's what it is. I'm fairly up on tool nomenclature. But if someone wants to call a C clamp an F or a G clamp more power to them. They're not going to get what's in this video in my shop if they ask for one of those though.
@@1pcfred Where I'm from, this is a G clamp and in my 57 years on this planet I've never heard it called anything else. But you're right, different people call things different names, especially if you take geography into consideration. An F clamp is a different beast and nothing like a G clamp. A G clamp looks like a G. An F clamp looks like an F.....
@@timjohnun4297 F and G clamps are bar clamps. I don't call any clamp a G clamp. I usually don't call bar clamps F clamps either. What's here is definitely a C clamp. That's the only acceptable proper name for it. The threaded rod is discounted when naming a clamp. Clamps are named after their body shapes.
A industrial supply company, "McMaster Carr" sells replacment ends. Very easy fix. No minimum order. Some of their products may be a little expensive, but they have a lot of special stuff that is very difficult to find. Always the very best quality that can be found.
Vice clamp the foot cup up at the bottom of the jaws, insert lead screw ball end, tighten the vice. Cup ovals, no welding, spring washer, grinding. "Play-on" calls the umpire.
Then you have to make a new pad. Just drill a hole in a chunk of metal that's pad shaped and sized but don't drill it all the way through. Just drill it deep enough to accept the ball. If you don't have a chunk of metal that thick you can build it up with some more washers. Padless clamps are worthless. So it is a worthwhile fix. I've done it a few times myself.
I've done that and even made pads when they're missing. You should wire the tommy bar up on that vise so it doesn't slide around so loosely. I wrote an article over on instructables about how to do it titled, "Fast Easy Speed Vise Mod" if you can't figure out a way to do it yourself. Sloppy tommy bars are annoying.
@@BeachsideHank tommy bars? Slipping sliding vise handles are a nuisance and sometimes even a hazard. On a big ball end bar if you catch yourself you can get a nice blood blister out of it. I find my wire mod quite an improvement in many cases. There's more elegant solutions but not simpler ones.
It's simple if you have a welder. You could probably just stake the pad hole with a hammer and a punch too if you didn't have a welder. But that would be somewhat more work. Metal is often pretty malleable though. You can move it a lot. When I do what's going on here I take a plain washer and cut it open and bend it open and use that instead of a split washer. I just have a lot more plain washers. Some oil would have kept the hog ring from wearing out too.
Take the split ring off the ball , put the ring in the slot in the foot, crank the ball onto the foot and keep cranking it until the ball pops into the ring on to the foot I have done that several times
We don't need to be shown/told the same simple thing 5 or more times!!! Good hack. Simply clamp the lock washer over the ball end. Use your Ink money for a welding course. Tighten the Cap on the rear of the Vise.
they have always been called C clamps in the USA because that was the original style / name. The C means "carriage maker" and has nothing to do with the shape.
Good Idea! I have a couple of C-clamps that need that fix and will give it a try today.
Good fix. Some words of wisdom.... Vise grips are your friend. Great video thumbs up.
Excellent idea !! Thanks for share that ingenious solution !! 👍👍
Nice idea. got some clamps that need this treatment, thanks from Australia.
Nice, next time instead of putting the spring-washer in the vice, etc, just put it on the “ball”, place the “foot against and close the clamp. The neck of the foot will push the washer over the ball. You may just have to close it a bit before welding. Cheers
Good idea
Unless you want to permanently blind your dog it’s usually a good idea to shut it out of the room where you are welding.
I was thinking you could use a socket and press it on the same way.
Better❤
The main reason these break off is someone trying to open up the clamp wider than it was designed for and the action of the screw thread easily pops it off. To prevent this happening, simply put a small weld blob on the screw, one or two threads up from the end. On a lot of makes, there is no ring clip, the rim of the hole simply being burred over to stop it falling off. If this is the case, tighten up the clamp with the shoe, on a good solid lump of steel and simply go round the rim with a punch ... no need to smack it too hard, it does not take much of a turn over to retain it.,
While the shoe is off, take the opportunity to tidy up the face with a file and paper and chamfer the corners - much easier to do with it off.
Good idea
Smart ! I've fixed mine in different ways, and I really like your method. Gonna try it. ( I'll use gloves when I do the welding part though 😂)
Appears he has some fine gloves; maybe he didn't want to burn them.
Great job. Thank you 😊
🐕 dogie needs eye protection too. Or put him out before welding.
Most dogs go blind and they do OK. You'd hardly know they're blind. That's because the nose knows.
@@1pcfred So, don't worry about the dog's eyes, because it's "Going to go blind anyway"? Right....
@@timjohnun4297 yeah dogs have such a great sense of smell they don't need their eyes. Just about every old dog is blind. They can still get around though. It's not like they have to hunt for their food or anything. Dogs don't see that great when they have perfect vision. Sight isn't their primary sense or even secondary. That'd be smell and sound. Dogs are not like us.
@@1pcfred Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Let's just maim a dog because he doesn't need his eyes anyway and you're too fkn lazy to remove him from harm. I bet you support tail docking and ear cropping too?
Great idea wish I had thought of that would have saved me lots of headache
Nice Work👏🏻✅🧡
For those wondering why this is a C clamp and not a G clamp, the name has nothing to do with the shape and everything to do with the Carriagemakers who originally used them during assembly of parts. The C stands for Carriagemaker.
G clamp is another name for a F clamp. It's a different style of clamp with two names. Sometimes G or F clamps are called bar clamps too. If you're not into the whole letter thing.
@@1pcfred if it has a bar or pipe, then it's a bar clamp or pipe clamp. Pretty easy to remember those names.
@@rupe53 different people call different things different names. An F, G or bar clamp are all the same thing. The tool in this video is only properly known as a C clamp. That's what it is. I'm fairly up on tool nomenclature. But if someone wants to call a C clamp an F or a G clamp more power to them. They're not going to get what's in this video in my shop if they ask for one of those though.
@@1pcfred Where I'm from, this is a G clamp and in my 57 years on this planet I've never heard it called anything else. But you're right, different people call things different names, especially if you take geography into consideration. An F clamp is a different beast and nothing like a G clamp. A G clamp looks like a G. An F clamp looks like an F.....
@@timjohnun4297 F and G clamps are bar clamps. I don't call any clamp a G clamp. I usually don't call bar clamps F clamps either. What's here is definitely a C clamp. That's the only acceptable proper name for it. The threaded rod is discounted when naming a clamp. Clamps are named after their body shapes.
A industrial supply company, "McMaster Carr" sells replacment ends. Very easy fix. No minimum order. Some of their products may be a little expensive, but they have a lot of special stuff that is very difficult to find. Always the very best quality that can be found.
Great video, thanks for that. What make and model is your red handle long nose pliers ? They look adjustable and tough. Thanks
they are snap on. expensive but they are great
The pads are commonly cast. Makes welding it a challenge.
Yeah that’s why the welds aren’t pretty. It seems to hold but whatever alloy the pads are causes perocity in the weld
You can buy replacement feet from MSC for a very reasonable price
Anything can be bought but not everything is available when you need it.
I just make them out of scrap. Then they're cheap and free even. I like when I justify owning a milling machine.
When I feel the need to scribble, I use a scratch pad not my skin.
But a scratch pad isn’t permanent!
If you just peen the foot over after you put it back on the ball it's just like brand new when the factory did that during assembly.
Came to the conments to say that very thing.
Great Tip, Thanks
Thanks ! There goes my afternoon. 🤪
Now,I know how to fix my " c" clamp!
Thanks friend
Thanks for the tip
Vice clamp the foot cup up at the bottom of the jaws, insert lead screw ball end, tighten the vice. Cup ovals, no welding, spring washer, grinding. "Play-on" calls the umpire.
Thanks for the idea!
Never clamp a vise down on the threads.
Clever fix, but wouldn't it be easier to just replace the spring ring?
most times you can't find the proper size and quite often the round foot is broken / worn where that ring sits so this is a pretty good fix.
@@rupe53 yeah I've done similar and even made a whole new swivel pad. Because usually they're long gone. Padless clamps are nigh on worthless too.
Pretty clever! However, the dog didn't look too impressed.
no he wasn't haha
What about if you don’t have the foot??? Good video bro!!
Then you have to make a new pad. Just drill a hole in a chunk of metal that's pad shaped and sized but don't drill it all the way through. Just drill it deep enough to accept the ball. If you don't have a chunk of metal that thick you can build it up with some more washers. Padless clamps are worthless. So it is a worthwhile fix. I've done it a few times myself.
@ please explain. I have plenty of washers and metal.
You could also put some heat to that spring washer and soften it up a bit.
Good idea
Nice but I don’t have a foot I’ll try using a nut that holds down a pulley on top of a spindle on a husqvarna lawnmower.
I like it, good job.
nice work
Easy fix!👍
I wonder if they make dog welding shields...
Haha if they do I need one for Floki
@doodcoleather indeed!
This should be called, "The Next Time column "
Smart, I'll give you that. Preferably, I would TIG weld it but you may not of had that available. Solid fix though.
Yeah tig would have looked nicer. I don’t own one though
I have a TIG welder but I never hooked up with a supply house for gas when I moved. So I've just been stick welding everything.
I've done that and even made pads when they're missing. You should wire the tommy bar up on that vise so it doesn't slide around so loosely. I wrote an article over on instructables about how to do it titled, "Fast Easy Speed Vise Mod" if you can't figure out a way to do it yourself. Sloppy tommy bars are annoying.
They are even worse when they have swaged or crimped ends instead of a ball.
@@BeachsideHank tommy bars? Slipping sliding vise handles are a nuisance and sometimes even a hazard. On a big ball end bar if you catch yourself you can get a nice blood blister out of it. I find my wire mod quite an improvement in many cases. There's more elegant solutions but not simpler ones.
Never even heard such a thing, i will look up that mod thanks!
Or you can just put a new retaining ring on or buy a c clamp repair kit.
Good fix! Now get back to work! 😉
👍👍👍. Thanks
Staking is our friend
what happens when you lose the foot?
Make a new one
Nice job I would come over and Weld it for you but my cables won’t reach as I am in Scotland 🏴
Haha thanks anyways
@ If you like the bright lights take up Welding.
saludos gran idea
Good thinking!
Squeeze spring washer clised in vice jaws......let your tools work for you
Good 👍
I have tried all diffrent ideas this is the simplest Thank you
It's simple if you have a welder. You could probably just stake the pad hole with a hammer and a punch too if you didn't have a welder. But that would be somewhat more work. Metal is often pretty malleable though. You can move it a lot. When I do what's going on here I take a plain washer and cut it open and bend it open and use that instead of a split washer. I just have a lot more plain washers. Some oil would have kept the hog ring from wearing out too.
I would like to see a fix that doesn't look like it was fixed....
Better than a useless clamp though huh?
@doodcoleather Very true!
buen trabajo ahora aregla la mia 🤣
Cleaver 😊
If it works it works righ bud
THANK'S WILL USE
👍👍👍
Where is angle grinder guard/shield?
Don’t use one
Take the split ring off the ball , put the ring in the slot in the foot, crank the ball onto the foot and keep cranking it until the ball pops into the ring on to the foot
I have done that several times
I would think you could ball peen the opening of the foot and then press it on.
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We don't need to be shown/told the same simple thing 5 or more times!!! Good hack. Simply clamp the lock washer over the ball end. Use your Ink money for a welding course. Tighten the Cap on the rear of the Vise.
You need more gas open up the gas mixture
Not pretty but functional 😮👍
Please stop calling G clamps C clamps.
they have always been called C clamps in the USA because that was the original style / name. The C means "carriage maker" and has nothing to do with the shape.
fair enough , sorry.@@rupe53
Smart
Get the growler some safety glasses!