Ignite Clamp

Should have purchased sooner

We originally bought a set of four for our CNC Mill but they have never made it to the CNC side. We had a job come in that was a large bearing housing that needed to be sleeved. We couldn’t get it clamped and indicated in properly in the manual lathe. That’s when we moved to the Bridgeport manual mill. The housing rough casting and semi round on the outside with no real places to put toe clamps. We grabbed the set of Ignite clamps shimmed them off the table with some one two three blocks and used them like you would lathe chuck jaws. The way the clamps gripped and held the part while applying a positive downforce on the table was impressive to say the least. This set of clamps will be staying with our Bridgeport fixtures and we will be buying another set to use on the CNC. These clamps are far superior over the serrated style that adjust with the set screws. The downward force being applied with the bolt and wedge design of the Ignite clamps is the way to go. Next time we use them for something like this we will post a short video to show how they can be used.

Right tool for the job

These clamps are strong, well engineered and manufactured to high standard. Must have for any tool box for big milling jobs.