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NRscroller · 10-30-2009, 01:34 PM

Last winter I got a nice used hegner and along with it came some sets of the lower blade holder clamps. I was on the Hegner site today and noticed there are 3 different sizes of clamps but they are not marked on the clamps as to the size. Ex: .5mm, .7mm and 1.0mm. How do you really tell the difference on them?
Thanks
Bill

Paul S WI · 10-30-2009, 04:30 PM

Hello Bill,

Here is a suggestion. Start with the smallest blade clamp (the narrowest opening), open it to its widest setting. Then find the thickest blade that will fit into this opening and which can still be held firmly when the blade clamp is tightened. Repeat for the other two size blade clamps. You could then find some type of container to place the individual blade clamps in and label the container. ex. .5mm-2/0-1, .7mm-1-3, 1mm-3-7, etc. I'm thinking a small pill bottle or small storage cases you can pick up for a $1. Hope this helps you.

knothead · 10-31-2009, 02:35 PM

I painted a different color dot on each of mine. The trouble is that I don't remember what the color's stand for and can't find the paper I wrote it down on. I would go with Paul's idea.

Tom

Stoney · 10-31-2009, 05:25 PM

I ground a little flat spot off one corner of my .5mm clamps to identify them. I also made a rack to set my extra clamps in. As long as I put them back where they belong I'm all set. LOL

Knothole · 11-01-2009, 01:20 AM

Is this something fairly recent with Hegner? I bought mine a few years ago and it only came with one size fits all clamps. They work well with all sizes of blades so I guess I don't need any more. Just curious.
Dennis

rjr · 11-01-2009, 02:41 AM

I have all three sizes of clamps, doesn't seem to matter what blade you put in any clamp they all seems to work. I think if you would measure the opening with a feeler gauge you should be able to tell the difference. I actually used an engraver to mark mine as to which blade I keep in the clamp ie 2, 2/0, 5, 7, ect.

Paul S WI · 11-01-2009, 03:47 AM

Knothead - you can get 3 different size blade clamps from Adv. Machinery. If I recall the .7mm is the one that comes with the machine. I purchased the other two sizes so I wouldn't have to keep changing blades. I will use a couple of different size blades for a single project depending on need and being that the Hegner is a bottom feed the extras (in assorted sizes) came in handy. They also come in handy should one somehow become damaged though I never experienced that.

10-30-2009, 01:34 PM	#1
NRscroller Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 71	Question for any Hegner owners Last winter I got a nice used hegner and along with it came some sets of the lower blade holder clamps. I was on the Hegner site today and noticed there are 3 different sizes of clamps but they are not marked on the clamps as to the size. Ex: .5mm, .7mm and 1.0mm. How do you really tell the difference on them? Thanks Bill __________________ DEWALT 788 and Hegner 18vs..... AND STILL CUTTIN IT UP!!!! Last edited by NRscroller; 10-30-2009 at 01:48 PM.

10-30-2009, 04:30 PM	#2
Paul S WI Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 335	Hello Bill, Here is a suggestion. Start with the smallest blade clamp (the narrowest opening), open it to its widest setting. Then find the thickest blade that will fit into this opening and which can still be held firmly when the blade clamp is tightened. Repeat for the other two size blade clamps. You could then find some type of container to place the individual blade clamps in and label the container. ex. .5mm-2/0-1, .7mm-1-3, 1mm-3-7, etc. I'm thinking a small pill bottle or small storage cases you can pick up for a $1. Hope this helps you. __________________ Paul S. Excalibur EX-21 (The Green Machine)

10-31-2009, 02:35 PM	#3
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 720	I painted a different color dot on each of mine. The trouble is that I don't remember what the color's stand for and can't find the paper I wrote it down on. I would go with Paul's idea. Tom __________________ Tom ___________________ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

10-31-2009, 05:25 PM	#4
Stoney Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 191	I ground a little flat spot off one corner of my .5mm clamps to identify them. I also made a rack to set my extra clamps in. As long as I put them back where they belong I'm all set. LOL __________________ Stoney aka Al Making dust with a Hegner 22v and a Delta P20

11-01-2009, 02:41 AM	#6
rjr Support Our Troops Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 344	I have all three sizes of clamps, doesn't seem to matter what blade you put in any clamp they all seems to work. I think if you would measure the opening with a feeler gauge you should be able to tell the difference. I actually used an engraver to mark mine as to which blade I keep in the clamp ie 2, 2/0, 5, 7, ect. __________________ Ron

11-01-2009, 01:20 AM	#5
Knothole Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Moose Lake, MN Posts: 19	Is this something fairly recent with Hegner? I bought mine a few years ago and it only came with one size fits all clamps. They work well with all sizes of blades so I guess I don't need any more. Just curious. Dennis

11-01-2009, 03:47 AM	#7
Paul S WI Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 335	Knothead - you can get 3 different size blade clamps from Adv. Machinery. If I recall the .7mm is the one that comes with the machine. I purchased the other two sizes so I wouldn't have to keep changing blades. I will use a couple of different size blades for a single project depending on need and being that the Hegner is a bottom feed the extras (in assorted sizes) came in handy. They also come in handy should one somehow become damaged though I never experienced that. __________________ Paul S. Excalibur EX-21 (The Green Machine)

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