Honeycomb bed holdown pins

eflyguy · January 31, 2018, 3:26pm

Just need to make sure the sliver of material left in the middle cut is removed - can’t believe how fine that can be cut!! (I used hardwood scraps)

Jules · January 31, 2018, 3:59pm

I made a stack out of walnut ply scraps*…work fine.
*less the text, you can’t see it on walnut

neonkuku · February 4, 2018, 7:28pm

Thanks a lot! This is very useful!

mspricethelibrarian · February 4, 2018, 8:01pm

Thanks for sharing! Apologies if this is posted somewhere and I missed it…what thickness of material is ideal to cut these out of?

kittski · February 4, 2018, 9:09pm

Just the regular draftboard

ntl · February 4, 2018, 9:47pm

Can someone include a picture of them in use / alone?
Thanks!

eljefe4 · February 4, 2018, 10:13pm

I used medium draft board (.120)
The pix are on the original post . I cross linked it in the top of this thread

cynd11 · February 4, 2018, 10:24pm

I cut some out of 1/8" Baltic Birch which is really about 0.122" and they work just fine. Thanks again @eljefe4!

kittski · February 5, 2018, 1:45am

Here is the link to the original post showing them in use.

bhaffner · February 5, 2018, 11:09pm

Great idea. Will be making some soon. Thanks for the file.

bwente · February 5, 2018, 11:49pm

I made over a dozen!

jetfire68 · February 6, 2018, 2:53pm

Super clever. Thank you for sharing this.

Jeff_Frank · February 6, 2018, 9:35pm

Thanks for sharing!

harmony.blakeway · February 7, 2018, 9:23pm

Super helpful - especially with sometimes-warped non proof grade baltic birch (and I’m sure other things, but this is where I’m starting!). Thanks so much for sharing!

evansd2 · February 8, 2018, 5:15pm

My only concern here is that it puts stress on the honeycomb. I’m reluctant to wedge anything into the grid like that.

Jules · February 8, 2018, 5:18pm

No worries. The pin will break before the honeycomb will. I’m really liking them.

evansd2 · February 8, 2018, 5:45pm

I’m worried more about deforming not breaking, but I should maybe give them a whirl when my magnets let me down.

Xabbess · February 8, 2018, 5:47pm

OK…I’m going to be the PITA here. I downloaded the file (thank you again, @eljefe4) and copy/pasted several more of them in the UI and cut them all out of some scrap. They’re too small for the honeycomb and slip out way too easily. I’m guessing maybe when I was copy/pasting that I accidentally resized it to be too small, then of course ended up with all of them being too small? Anyone agree with that theory? I may try it again, but this time add more of them in the SVG before I load it into the UI.

evansd2 · February 8, 2018, 5:48pm

Scrap what? Pretty tightly designed for draftboard. Anything thinner would slip.

Jules · February 8, 2018, 5:49pm

Mine were just a hair too large, i had to shave them down just a touch.

You might have scaled it down accidentally, but keep in mind, they fit into the grid with the top fin running in a NE to SW orientation. (Or NW to SE).