Subject: Looking for a source for 'T-Slots' for welding fixture

From: [email-masked] (DEMPSEY)
Date: 10 Dec 1996 19:51:22 -0500

Hello...
	I'm building an adjustable welding fixture, and am looking for some
(preferrably steel) T-slots to recess into the fixture and provide hold down
points for my work holders.  I've seen versions in aluminum in many woodworking
jigs, but cannot even find a source for these extrusions.
	Any hints or suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
	-Brian

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From: Ron Eastes <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Dec 1996 22:20:05 GMT

>	Any hints or suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Brian,

Most mail-order woodworking catalogs now carry the aluminum T-slots. 
Since you're in Atlanta, call Highland Hardware, sorry no # I'm at work. 
They do a large mail-order business and also have a real nice walk-in 
store for the locals.

Ron

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From: [email-masked] (Fitch R. Williams)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:55:44 GMT

I wouldn't recommend aluminum, would melt to easy.  I'm not
sure what you would be recessing the "T" slots into.  You
could just build the table top of steel panels with slots
between them.  My favorite welding table, one that I had
access to as a kid, was just an open frame with a few sturdy
angle irons across it.  Today, I usually make one by forming
a triangle of heavy angle and supporting it at the corners.
the triangle is by definition a plane so things tend to come
out flatter than they would otherwise.

Fitch

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From: [email-masked] (David Wilson)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:57:30 -0600

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
(DEMPSEY) wrote:

Brian,
Reid Tool Supply 1-800-253-0421 has lots of great clamps, t-slot bolts,
etc., for jigs. They aren't cheap tho'. But with a little welding you can
make your own. Like using hex head bolts, chopping the heads off, and
welding it to a rectangle of plate. The t-slots from Reid are about $4-$5
each. They're made for Milling machines and Drill press table slots.

I like to peruse these catalogs and get ideas to make it myself, cheaper,
sometimes. You can also buy a cam to make your own cam clamp for instance.
Or take a C-Clamp, cut the bottom off and weld a T-slot to it.
David
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