Does anyone know what size the hand bolts are that attach the dust shoe to the z slider? I want to look at some cam options but I cant find anything about the size
Looks like M4 - not sure on the length if you need that.
I thought so too! I tried to thread on an M4 nut and it wouldn’t go. I also tried to thread an M4 bolt into the sliding nut of the onefinity, no luck there either.
Hmmm, maybe it is imperial? I didn’t try to thread a nut - just measured the diameter.
Try 1/8 or 3/16 - I was surprised to find SAE fasteners in the Z-slider when I was tramming my router.
It is 8-32. I have ordered them for the custom arms I made. I had to make my custom arms a bit thinner at the top to accommodate. I ordered from McMaster. I believe Kipp makes them but I haven been able to locate any with longer than 30mm (1-3/16") which you would need in ordere to use the standard arms.
KIPP - Adjustable Cam Levers with external thread, inch (kippusa.com)
This is a set I made for @ColemanDesignsInc
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Thanks a lot for the response, I saw the post from @ColemanDesignsInc. I was just looking at the cam levers without the studs, that use a threaded hole instead. There are 1.5" fully threaded 8/32 bolts, i was going to see if something like that would work. Have you already experimented with this?
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So you would come from the back? Interesting. I have not tried that. Let us know how it works.
I’d be interest in a piece that had the vacuum hose coming from the back instead of the front
I recently had to replace mine and needed them pretty quick (and preferably cheap), so I bought a slew of 8-32 threaded items from Amazon, and ended up going with a 8-32 x 2" Phillips pan head machine screw, and a simple 8-32 wingnut threaded on (wings facing the head), and they work like a champ.
The wingnut stays locked in when loosening or tightening them, but if that ever was a problem, could always add some threadlock or CA glue on there to keep it put.
Although I love the idea of the cam locks…
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