I bought a dozen or so 12 inch harbor freight clamps when I first started woodworking. None of them have broken and are still quite good compared to my 4x cost Irwin clamps. I definitely recommend them if you're starting out. Then the small 5 inch Jorgensen bar clamps as they are like 10 bucks but are really well made.
after trying half of these, don't buy harbor freight cheap clamps unless you want to clamp light, light weights. I had lots of deflection, broken connections, difficulty tightening, and basically were unreliable. Also, they change the clamp makers without you knowing and so the quality changes with each iteration. I go with DeWalt, Irwin, Bessey, Jorgensen. Just my $.25.
I'd be interested in max sustainable force. appeared most of those readings indicated a force diminishing over time (seconds!) at what force does one settle / stabilize?
Great point. Every one of them lost force when you let go of the squeeze but they also all stabilized in under a minute. It would be interesting to see if any of those numbers changed between five minutes and 12 hours, for example.
I used a clamp to squeeze the clamp on several of them, actually, but only when I felt like I couldn't get the pressure out of them that they advertised. It also had a lot to do with my hands/arms being tired after hundreds of squeezes as I went along. You can see where I'm using clamps to squeeze clamps more regularly on the full length video.
I bought a dozen or so 12 inch harbor freight clamps when I first started woodworking. None of them have broken and are still quite good compared to my 4x cost Irwin clamps. I definitely recommend them if you're starting out. Then the small 5 inch Jorgensen bar clamps as they are like 10 bucks but are really well made.
I too use the HF clamps and really do you need that much clamping power for a glue up
after trying half of these, don't buy harbor freight cheap clamps unless you want to clamp light, light weights. I had lots of deflection, broken connections, difficulty tightening, and basically were unreliable. Also, they change the clamp makers without you knowing and so the quality changes with each iteration. I go with DeWalt, Irwin, Bessey, Jorgensen. Just my $.25.
I'd be interested in max sustainable force. appeared most of those readings indicated a force diminishing over time (seconds!) at what force does one settle / stabilize?
Great point. Every one of them lost force when you let go of the squeeze but they also all stabilized in under a minute. It would be interesting to see if any of those numbers changed between five minutes and 12 hours, for example.
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Have the dewalt works great and it clamps or pushes (reversible heads)
Use a clamp to clamp the clamp. Killer 💪
As the bar bends say you are clamping 2 2x4s
Does the clamp toward the open side start to move away from the edge of the 2x4.
It typically pulls toward it.
The $6 one at the end.. haha dangerous
Yeah, definitely scared the daylights out of me. Thanks for checking it out :)
Sorry if I missed it. But why do you only use a clamp to squeeze a clamp only for HF clamps?
I used a clamp to squeeze the clamp on several of them, actually, but only when I felt like I couldn't get the pressure out of them that they advertised. It also had a lot to do with my hands/arms being tired after hundreds of squeezes as I went along. You can see where I'm using clamps to squeeze clamps more regularly on the full length video.
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