12CK taper attachment bed clamp

paroikoi · Dec 22, 2020

Hello all. My 30" 12CK is missing the TA bed clamp. I'd like to machine or cast one out of aluminum unless I can find one. Does anyone happen to have any dimensioned drawings of an original 12CK bed clamp, or maybe just some decent photos from different sides? Is aluminum a bad idea? I saw Cal mentioned that making one too strong can be a problem, but is cast aluminum too weak?

Thanks in advance,
Josh

Ohio Mike · Dec 23, 2020

There are several threads on this if you can find them. When I got my 12CK a couple years ago I found them. I may have even posted in one of them. My taper bed clamp was broken and repaired. Don't seem to have any good pictures at the moment.