About a year ago I had the idea of making little extension feet for those little Irwin Mini Quick Grip Clamps – also widely known as trigger clamps.  They’re handy for all sorts of small jobs and in many ways have supplanted spool clamps for many jobs.  I particularly like them for gluing binding and inlays, however they always seem to get glued to whatever surface you are trying to clamp – especially of using CA.

I fashioned the original feet from shaping some small pieces of plastic and then chiseling out a channel in some small trigger clamps and gluing them into the feet – the extra clearance allowed you to clamp you binding, inlays or anything else, see what you were doing and have just enough room to clean up the squeeze out with a Q-Tip without gluing your clamp to your workpiece

They worked great but were a pain to make.  At the time I mused that someone who knew how to draw in 3D could come up with a version.

Well – after a very generous introductory Fusion lesson with Max Monterosso during his shop visit, some friendly coaching from Andy Charles and James Roadman and then ultimately, ongoing one-on-one lessons with my dear friend David Trustman, I am beginning to see the world in 3D.

So here is my inaugural contribution to Looth-Prints.

The feet are designed to slip over the feet of the Blue “Mini” Irwin Quick Grip Clamps.  For the older Yellow or Black Irwin – you would need to print these at a 95% or 90% ratio in your slicer.

Let me know what you think?