On 1/22/18 3:10 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 6:06:58 PM UTC-6,
wrote:

The point was that, even being one-hand squeeze clamps, they can
deliver a *lot* more force than the subject POS bar clamps. Many
here are denigrating the squeeze clamps but the Irwin 300s and
600s are damn nice clamps. Haven't broken one yet.

I have a lot of "squeeze" or trigger clamps, and I love them. I use
them all the time for all kinds of stuff, they are literally another
hand for me.

12 - 16' rip on the sawhorses and your helper is on the scaffold?
Clamp one side, rip to the clamp, move the clamp behind you and
finish your cut. Need to hold a template in place (like the
aforementioned Kreg jig)? Clamp it down so that the bars are on the
underside. I use them to hold material in place to sand, to hold
pieces together that I am gluing, hold up long material so I can
start nailing and work my way to the clamp. The list goes on.

You are right that they hold well. Small glue ups are nothing for
them, and I use them so much a few of my carpentry-centric
contractor friends now carry them.

I have had excellent luck with the DeWalt brand of clamps. Every
Christmas HD has the 4 pack of large and small clamps on sale as
stocking stuffers and buy them when they are on sale whether I need
them or not when they mark them down after the holiday. Usually get
them for about $19 - $20:

https://goo.gl/R9g88f

Likewise with Irwin brand which is usually at Lowes, which their
clamps is one of the few things that Irwin makes that I would buy.

I have a couple of 36" triggers (DeWalt makes a 50"!), but rarely
use them. If I am going that big I usually drag out all my cabinet
clamps as I am in a project.

Robert


I have so many of those, I couldn't count.
When you work solo as much as I do, they end up being as ubiquitous as
tape measures or cordless drills. I have several everywhere I work--
the shop, the sharn, the van, and the truck-- so they are always there
when I need them.

Whenever they have a stupid cheap deal on the four-pack of little ones,
I buy a set just to rotate through the heard or to have hanging
somewhere convenient.

Irwin makes one that has jaws like a cabinet clamp. I have 2 and they
are really well made, functional, and surprisingly strong. The jaws
have a switch that lets them rotate on an axis (like usual) or lock at
90 degrees for parallel clamping.


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