Saddle clamps - demountable clamp for table display?

[Adrian Brentnall]

HI Folks

I want to arrange an easily demountable fixing to secure a 1" square tube vertically to the edge of a table..... ideally without using spanners / screwdrivers ect

The table is one of those 'fold-up-into-a-suitcase' jobbies - the table-top is some kind of heavy-duty composite injection moulding.

The edge of the table top is 1.5" deep and 1/4" thick.

I was looking for some kind of a saddle-clamp - something like this

in such a form that you could offer the tube up to the table and then drop the securing bar down like a latch - sort of the opposite of the one in the photo.

Does such a thing exist 'ready-made' - and, if so, what's it called (and does somebody sell them online)?

Thanks Adrian

[Owain]

You might be able to slot the securing bar so it drops over the fixed screws, or replace the screws with handwheel bolts.

Owain

[Adrian Brentnall]

Yes - that's a possibility.... From the photo it looks as if the bar is threaded, rather than the 'saddle' part - so that'd be all 'inside out'.....

If all else fails I can sort something out with some long bolts and spacers, and cut a piece of steel to use as the 'latch' - but it'd be much easier if something existed already!

I'll take a look in my local agri-merchants later in the week - they have all kinds of useful stuff that can be 'repurposed' ! Thanks Adrian Thanks Adrian

[Tim Lamb]

Nothing I can think of:-)

You could make up something like the slotted fixing found in the back of wall mounted electrical enclosures. I.e. a large hole to take a screw head with a linked narrow slot above to fit the screw shank. A short length of 90deg. angle screwed to your table top with 4 screws part seated in the vertical face. Fold up an omega shape to suit your square section and drill and file 4 holes to fit over your screws. Once dropped over the screws, gravity should keep it in place.

regards