Workholding – clamps and clamping | john f's workshop
This can be a useful alternative on homemade work holding devices because drilling a pattern of holes and tapping them can be easier than milling T-slots. T-slots on a milling table 729 It can be seen in the above photo that the area the T-slots are in is enclosed, ie any coolant on the table is trapped and can be piped off the a collecting tank.