ACME CLAMP-O-MATIC

How to make a tool for making wire hose clamps.
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[@RockingJOffroad]

I’ve been using a tool like that for hose clamps for about 10 years! They work great!

[@jonathanking1176]

Just finished making one using your design drawing. Works very well! Used what material I had, 5/8" diameter thick walled pipe and a 3/8 -16 threaded rod. Thanks for making the drawing available. Have already used it 6 times. Original one (patent at least 30 years old) used roll pins so that you could insert wire through roll pin and make a different type of wrap.

[@SoatMon]

Thanks for sharing!

[@howder1951]

Nice job , they are easy to hack together, but it is worthwhile to make it decent looking like you did. No mechanic should be without one! Cheers!

[@SoatMon]

I had never seen one until a couple of months ago. I made one up and have used it dozens of times already. Thanks for the comment!

[@madduran4536]

Wow! Perfectly done by professional.

[@SoatMon]

Thanks. Glad you liked it!

[@smartypants5036]

Dam fine job. Love the gear that you work with.

[@SoatMon]

Awesome, thank you!

[@thebmac]

looks really good. Thanks for putting together some plans for it and sharing. Was just collecting up some materials today to put one together

[@SoatMon]

You're welcome. Good luck with your project!

[@user-fm9oo4gz8b]

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[@glennfelpel9785]

This is a very well done project. You have a nice lathe set up with the collet chuck and all, what is the sheet metal on the carriage for. And have you put a DRO on it?

[@SoatMon]

It does have a DRO that I put on it when I bought it. The sheet metal covers the taper attachment in the back to keep chips out of it. The collet chuck is a cheap one from Shars but has been very accurate, at least for my needs. Thanks Glenn!

[@PanamaSticks]

Think you should drill an ream for a pressfit. You could even knurl the middle of the pin for a tighter fit.

[@danharold3087]

Thanks for the video. Great tool. The hardening sequence is repeated starting at 9:10

[@SoatMon]

You're Welcome. Thanks for letting me know about the repeat.

[@ke6bnl]

I made one many 6 ago and have 4 other versions made. I flattened the nose to make it easier to get notch in place and I used split roll pins UPDATE I since made the caulking gun version and that is all I will use from now on.

[@SoatMon]

I haven't seen the caulking gun version, that would be interesting.

[@ke6bnl]

@@SoatMon I can't find the video I saw, but took literally 15 min to make and is my goto tool. Cut the tube back to the end and grind a flat on the rod with a groove to hold the wire and most have holes in the end near the handle already. run wire through the hole and twist and squeeze the handle till tight and fold over.

[@airtrikeultralight]

Very good!

[@SoatMon]

Thank you!

[@rayzugar4776]

Nice tool, good use of your lathe and mill, one comment. When hardening something your better quenching in vegetable oil instead of old engine oil. But if your just going for the black affect what you've used is fine.

[@SoatMon]

What effect does the veg oil have over motor oil? Thanks for your comment.

[@rayzugar4776]

@@SoatMon the vegetable oil cools the metal slightly slower, allowing for a tighter grain structure, hence a harder finish. Most blade makers use veg oil.

[@SoatMon]

Interesting. Thanks!

[@rayzugar4776]

@@SoatMon if you want a really good finish that's hard and tough us peanut oil. The veg type oils have a higher flash point than mineral or synthetic oils. Be sure to slightly pre heat the veg oil so your not quenching into cold oil. But old black engine oil does leave a nice dark effect on the metal.

[@johnm840]

What type steel did you use? sorry If I missed it. Why not undersize the holes and press fit them in? minor I know Nice review and build video

[@burtreynolds3143]

because he thinks loctite is steel glue

[@user-mj8ql5rx1n]

Да мужик. Ты крут. У тебя столько станков и не смог сделать по уму. У нас в России каждый школьник на уроке пруда напильником точат и качественно.

[@petermartin9478]

You can buy the original clamptite tool at a car show anywhere in the country for 25 bucks , and they work great !

[@SoatMon]

Thanks for the info!

[@kevinhornbuckle]

Can you make a video showing how to use it?

[@SoatMon]

Here you go : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWaY5iletyEY8k

[@amitabhasarkar1360]

Where can I get the drawings? Great video. Thanks.

[@SoatMon]

Soatmon.com

[@robinlaitinen5894]

Would be nice to know how to use it

[@SoatMon]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXWaY5iletyEY8k

[@motecalevol]

What is the purpose of the little pin down by the point? I have watched people use this tool, and I have not seen that pin do anything.

[@SoatMon]

It allows you get a sharp bend on the wire after you have tightened it. If you don't get a sharp bend the tension will be released.

[@motecalevol]

@@SoatMon Ok. Thanks. I watched your how to use video and I saw where that pin comes into play. Thanks for replying.

[@markfisher7962]

It also lets you crank harder on the cross bar if you're using stiff wire. While we're making the "gold plated" version, you could use a ball bearing thrust washer.

[@SDMacMan]

So simple. All you need is a ten thousand dollar lathe and 8 hours of free time... Or you can buy one for 60 bucks. Haha

[@stephenarling1667]

All you really need is a turnbuckle, a screw, a wing nut, a drill, and a file. And wire, of course.

[@diagnosticdave5615]

I can’t believe all the cheap bastards who try to plagiarize and reverse engineer this clamp tite tool. Just buy one for 60 bucks and stop stealing their intellectual/ patented property. I hope clamptite sues the crap out of you for posting this video!

[@jakefriesenjake]

@@diagnosticdave5615 you can make whatever you see. Patents are available. What you can't do is make them and sell them as a company. You must modify the design of the tool in some way to start selling them

[@AutodidactEngineer]

​@@diagnosticdave5615eat shit peasant

[@coryjeffreys5146]

Wish I had a lathe

[@lospoliti-locosdelmomento770]

I feel a lot of courage because they show you the tool and they don't tell you where to buy their inventions

[@chesshooligan1282]

One thing I've learned from KZbin videos is there's a lathe lying about in every single house in the US.

[@SoatMon]

😀

[@djredhareaus38]

I like the hippie Australian one better

[@Trac3r.]

And that’s my hopes of building it gone haha I can’t get access to this kind of machinery and would be charged a fortune looks like I’m stuck at paying the £60 ($100 after shipping) 😂

[@SoatMon]

Search for other types. There are a lot of videos where people make less fancy ones out of plan nuts and bolts with a little filing. Good luck!

[@son8god8damn]

Make me one plz

[@SoatMon]

You can buy them on amazon. amzn.to/2otRHPy

[@120offroadllc]

Pretty sure a 1/2 drill, drill press, grinder, file, bench grinder, and some basic hand tools can yield the same same results..maybe not NASA quality, but same results. Im a machinist and i could do the same, but im sure you average tool guy can make some so crude i would have same outcome with scrap metal or go to hardware store spend 30 bucks and make 6 of them in all different sizes....just saying..🤔

[@black_sheep_fab9411]

I made mine out of scrap. 1/2 inch tube, drilled 2 holes, connected the dots with a cut off wheel and then the rest was gravy.

[@petermartin9478]

The patented version cost about $25.00 US and comes with a lifetime warranty . Sometimes people will go to great lengths just to prove no one can tell them what they can or can't do . You should use your creativity to invent something new and put it in public domain . But I'm sure that with all that equipment you know better than that .

[@kevnikq12]

So curious how this isn’t patent infringement? You not only knocked off a current patent but tell others how to do it?

[@petermartin9478]

Hear ! Hear !

[@MrLukealbanese]

Its hard to believe that this is patent infringement, as these type of tools have existed for over 60 years (probably over 100 years), including some really nice ones, like Mr Pete shows in one of his videos.

[@clamptitetools]

@@MrLukealbanese ClampTite is a patent tool and is not safety wire pliers. The ClampTite tool especially the model he is showing you how to make has only been around for only 10 years.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@clamptitetools OK, I'll take your word for that, but in the final analysis it really does something extremely similar to lock wire pliers and as I remember MrPete222 showed some particularly similar tools in one of his many videos, which were really very old.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Mind you, I'd be happy to buy one of your tools depending on their price and availability in the UK

[@ronaldharvey4629]

That tool cost about $60.00 and you only needed about $100.000 worth of tools to make it.

[@izlethitel7799]

Уже и палец отхватило, а в технике безопасности всё равно 0.

[@joaotrindade4754]

Quanto custa uma ferramenta dessa

[@SoatMon]

There is a link to a couple in the video description.