Student wrote:
On Jun 13, 10:05 am, dpb wrote:
Student wrote:

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I don't have expensive Besseys, I use instead straps with ratchets.
Takes time to get used to quickly passing the starps around and
locking them up. ...
Don't need expensive Bessey clamps, but you do need clamps rather than
straps. Straps have their place, but this kind of glue up ain't that place.

No? The worked fine for me, except they are more tedious to use. Why
do you think this is not their place?

Inexpensive bar clamps would suit...

You asked the question about difficult glue up and explained the problem
w/ the straps, didn't you?

Don't have enough of them. I also foud that inexpensive ones are often
poorly made. I bought some on sale at Sears, and at least 1 in 5 had
some problem: the handle would fall off, the head would slide off, or
sometimes even break. When I save enough pennies, I'll try some Pony
clamps with black pipes. They seem reasonable compromise quality-
price.

They also have their place but they have one major drawback -- they're
quite heavy so for light work such as you were doing here they're often
as much a hindrance as help since their weight may tend to make
square-up more of a problem than it would be w/o the extra weight. They
excel at stuff like edge joining and other places where need real force,
though.

I've got from moderately priced Jorgensen bar clamps to stuff I've
picked up at Big Lot's in the 50-cent bins--the cheap ones aren't the
quality of the others, but not been anything such as bad as you describe.

Still, for the type of work you're describing they are probably the most
suited.

One can never have too many clamps of whatever variety.

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