On 10/28/2015 3:59 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 10/27/2015 6:49 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
i am tempted by the sirens of cheapness at harbor freight so i may
buy a few the word online is that the ryobi eyebolt/wingnut driver
works on these clamps once you remove the crappy stock handle

anyone tried this out


If you are serious about woodworking and plan to use the clamps often
it is very likely that you will seldom use these clamps once you
replace them with better ones.

I have to admit that I have not really followed this thread, but what I will
say is that over time. the Harbor Freight clamps have not received bad
reviews by people here. Perhaps those were different clamps than what are
being referred to in this thread, and that would be my bad, but as a whole
as I've seen it, the HF clamps have received pretty good reviews here. Not
sure why you would talk about them in terms of "better clamps".


I have some inexpensive clamps, I reach right over them when I want to
clamp something. I have about 20 Kbody style clamps, they are the first
off the clamp rack. After that I use my inexpensive clamps. I think it
is more of a matter of me liking a clamp with a big face.