........You can never have too many clamps





Thought I'd post this one here as its been a bit quiet lately, bit of laminating for a table that I'm working on.

Jason

That's because some of us have to buy them, we don't all have manufacturers giving us them to "review"

Actually they are a good buy, copies of the American jorgenson clamps, £2.97 each for the 12". I like these ones as they have a ratchet system that allows for almost one handed operation, made by City Tools, Rutlands do a similar one by Dakota.

Jason

[quote author=woodsmith  link=1102095998/0#3 date=1102100262]These were all bought, I don't get to keep anything I test, Ive got  Lie-Nielsen, Clifton and Veritas bench planes at the moment and they are all going back next week [/quote]
What's the betting that it would get 'lost in the post' on its return if you were sent a Karl Holtey plane to review?  

I bought some of those QuickGrip clamps when they 1st came out then went to a local steel stockholders and bought 20' of steel bar to fit them.
Now I can change the length in a few secods.
The early ones were only 1/2" x 3/16" bar but the new ones use 3/4" bar so will have to get some more steel.

The quick grip clamps have a full radius on the bar so I spent hours trying to match it on the normal bar I bought.
I used a foam drum sander in a pillar drill with a zirconium belt on it.
It still took ages to get right but that zirconium grinds steel as if it were butter.