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And here's a T-Nut design. Prints out great in PET with the threads! Obviously unwise to torque it down with gorilla force, but ok to snug up a fence. My Slicer says $0.13 each, so the price is right and they are practically disposable - if I strip one, I can make more. Or embed a nut in the back if ...

I agree - shavings collection from the back side of the job is not very useful because the chips get tossed forwards towards the worker. But I find that getting some airflow away from me is very helpful for fine dust when sanding. The fine dust floats around the shop and gets all over my tools and ...

I used 10% gyroid infill and 3 perimeter layers for the post, and 20% for the clamp and the locknut.

I'm thinking of moving the lower bolt hole up a little and adding another 3/4" thread at the bottom so I can connect two together to hold a work light a little higher up off the job

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1. The whole thing - post, clamp and locknut were designed in Fusion 360 - the free version.
2. I printed the post in two parts - it was designed as one, but I used the slicer to split it down the middle and flip it flat-side-down. I designed some recessed holes for a ...

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Hi All

I just bought a 1990 vintage Mark 5 with a 520 table (yesterday!). Excited to get started.

I wanted something to hold the dust extractor close to my lathe job, here's a crack at an idea it's on the printer now. Lacking inspiration for the top actual clampy part - I'll work on that later ...