# Clamping System **URL:** \ **Category:** Parts & Files\ **Created:** [July 11, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542 "2020-07-11T00:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MigelVega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@MigelVega](https://community.inventables.com/u/MigelVega)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/1 "2020-07-11T00:17:19Z")
Has anyone made clamps to secure the material down? ---
**Author:** ![MartinW.Mcclary](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/martinw.mcclary/32/63385_2.png) [@MartinW.Mcclary](https://community.inventables.com/u/MartinW.Mcclary)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/2 "2020-07-11T09:39:24Z")
I have made wood versions of the metal clamps you see on milling machines. Basically it is a long bar of half inch thick wood with a slot milled in it. I have varying lengths. I use them with bolts and washers that screw into the bed inserts. Mine aren’t this fancy. [https://www.ebay.com/c/1776000878](https://www.ebay.com/c/1776000878) I stick fulcrum blocks underneath of different sizes to accomodate different thicknesses. My clamps have a pretty good chance of getting cut once in a while as I really try to minimize waste. My other machine has an aluminum extrusion bed, so I use wooden cam clamps there. They are held in place with 1/4-20 bolts and wingnuts with washers. The other machine has more slots than the x carve has inserts, so these clamps can be a bit shorter in length. ---
**Author:** ![DrewKasel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/drewkasel/32/54741_2.png) [@DrewKasel](https://community.inventables.com/u/DrewKasel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/3 "2020-07-11T11:30:02Z")
If you search the project section for words like clamp and hold down you will find a few examples you can carve yourself. ---
**Author:** ![DaveManning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@DaveManning](https://community.inventables.com/u/DaveManning)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/4 "2020-07-11T21:44:36Z")
I made Phillip Lunsford’s bump stops. I use them for hold downs too. They have an edge if you flip them over. ![BumpStops](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/b/5/b56a90bd16684455fd26be281b5a20a71fb00ff0.jpg) I got too aggressive with tightening them down and they started to split, so I made acrylic ones. ![HoldDownClamps](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/a/d/ad91449d2251956822fba0edf5b2c396b5ce5078.jpg) Have had zero issues and I use them on most jobs. ---
**Author:** ![MigelVega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@MigelVega](https://community.inventables.com/u/MigelVega)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/5 "2020-08-21T19:56:47Z")
Awesome thank you ---
**Author:** ![PhillipLunsford](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/philliplunsford/32/33614_2.png) [@PhillipLunsford](https://community.inventables.com/u/PhillipLunsford)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/clamping-system/95542/6 "2020-08-21T23:22:11Z")
Thank you. They look great. Acrylic is a great idea