Clamp for holding work-pieces of any size upon a pallet support table

Clamping apparatus comprising:

• (a) a work-piece support table having an array of precisely spaced threaded holes for receiving clamping screws therein;
• (b) a single elongated clamping member having a longitudinal axis, and movable over said work-piece support table along said longitudinal axis for pressing an edge portion of said single elongated clamping member against a work-piece upon said work-piece support table in turn pressed against a work-piece stop member, and
• (c) wherein a linear array of several screw head receiving portions are formed within a slot positioned along said longitudinal axis and within said single elongated clamping member for receiving a screw-head of only one clamping screw at a time that presses against a part of a particular selected screw-head receiving portion of said linear array of several screw head receiving portions, that in turn causes a first edge portion of said clamping member to press against a work-piece upon said work-piece support table.

A work-piece stop member that can be mounted upon a pallet support table for supporting parts to be machined thereon comprising:

• (a) an odd shaped work-piece stop member having several flats positioned about peripheral portions of the work-piece stop member, the flats being positioned at progressively increasing distances from each flat to a central portion of said work-piece stop member;
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• (b) wherein a non-elliptical screw is positioned within said central portion of said work-piece stop member, permitting said odd shaped work-piece stop member to be rotated, but not translated, upon loosening of said non-elliptical screw, enabling changing the positioning of said flats upon said pallet support table.