Hi guys,

I noticed that Lee Valley is now handling a Cabinet Master Clamp. It looks
much the Bessey K bodies. Has anyone taken a close look at them or used them
to see how they compare to the K bodies? Regards. -Guy LaRochelle

Guy LaRochelle asks:


I noticed that Lee Valley is now handling a Cabinet Master Clamp. It looks
much the Bessey K bodies. Has anyone taken a close look at them or used them
to see how they compare to the K bodies? Regards. -Guy LaRochelle


Adjustable Clamp Co. (Jorgenson, Pony). Very similar to K body clamps, a tad
lighter, a tad less costly. I've got a few that have seen light use and are
excellent.

Charlie Self
"Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's
truncheon over the anarchist's bomb." Spiro T. Agnew

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
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Guy LaRochelle asks:


I noticed that Lee Valley is now handling a Cabinet Master Clamp. It
looks
much the Bessey K bodies. Has anyone taken a close look at them or used
them
to see how they compare to the K bodies? Regards. -Guy LaRochelle


Adjustable Clamp Co. (Jorgenson, Pony). Very similar to K body clamps, a
tad
lighter, a tad less costly. I've got a few that have seen light use and
are
excellent.


A tad lighter?! Perhaps you have that backwards. I've lifted K-bodies and
I have a bunch of Cabinet Masters. The CMs are much heavier for a given
length. They use a very heavy bar. They did make an unfortunate choice for
one of the pieces in the head, it's cast aluminum. These are breaking.
Fortunately, Adjustable is replacing them without question, at least from
what I've heard.

Cheers,
Eric

Eric Lund writes:

A tad lighter?! Perhaps you have that backwards. I've lifted K-bodies and
I have a bunch of Cabinet Masters. The CMs are much heavier for a given
length. They use a very heavy bar. They did make an unfortunate choice for
one of the pieces in the head, it's cast aluminum.

They changed the head piece in current versions, IIRC. I was working from
memory--I've got some Cabinetmasters here, but my K bodies (all 4 of them) are
in Virginia. Sorry about that.

Charlie Self
"The function of posterity is to look after itself." Dylan Thomas

I have about a dozen of them.... IMHO better then Bessy as they have the
foot on the end that lets you move the clamping screw end with out moving
the clamp.



"Guy LaRochelle" wrote in message
...
Hi guys,

I noticed that Lee Valley is now handling a Cabinet Master Clamp. It looks
much the Bessey K bodies. Has anyone taken a close look at them or used
them
to see how they compare to the K bodies? Regards. -Guy LaRochelle

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 04:53:41 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:

I have about a dozen of them.... IMHO better then Bessy as they have the
foot on the end that lets you move the clamping screw end with out moving
the clamp.

Can they be reversed and also used as a spreader? I saw some Cabinet
Masters that looked like they could do this, and wished my K-Bodies
could as well.

Barry

"B a r r y" wrote in message

Can they be reversed and also used as a spreader? I saw some Cabinet
Masters that looked like they could do this, and wished my K-Bodies
could as well.


Hi Barry,

Yes, the cabinet-masters can be reversed and used as a spreader, although I
haven't done so with mine as of yet. I bought in when Woodcraft had their
major sale (I got 8 each of 48", 36" and 24" cabinet-masters) and don't
regret it at all. I also have 10 k-bodies and wouldn't give them away
either - both clamps are great.

As Leon pointed out, not only can the jorgies be reversed, but they have a
little foot that raises the bar slightly off the work surface allowing the
clamping head to slide without having to lift the clamp itself as is
required with k-bodies.

Mike

It also allows you to balance a 48 incher on a small table top when
using for smaller projects. The new Bessey K bar support can't slide,
so it's needs a support surface at least as wide as the clamp.

The jaws are also noticeably larger and there are no serations on the
bar. I have both and prefer the Jorgies. Home Depot, as expected,
has just added the Cabinet Master to their growing line of Orange
(coincidence?) clamps, but has yet to try to clear out the K's. They
will probably sell out just fine on their own.

My concern is that Home Depot wants $3-$5 more per clamp for the
Cabinet Master than Fleet Farm across the street. Once the Fleet Farm
manager sees this, I'm expecting they'll raise their prices as well.

Joe



As Leon pointed out, not only can the jorgies be reversed, but they have a
little foot that raises the bar slightly off the work surface allowing the
clamping head to slide without having to lift the clamp itself as is
required with k-bodies.

Mike

"BIG JOE" wrote in message
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My concern is that Home Depot wants $3-$5 more per clamp for the
Cabinet Master than Fleet Farm across the street. Once the Fleet Farm
manager sees this, I'm expecting they'll raise their prices as well.


Well if you are lucky you can get them on sale for about $14-17 each as I
did a few months ago.

On 29 Mar 2004 11:45:21 -0800, (BIG JOE) wrote:


My concern is that Home Depot wants $3-$5 more per clamp for the
Cabinet Master than Fleet Farm across the street. Once the Fleet Farm
manager sees this, I'm expecting they'll raise their prices as well.

Or advertise a lower price.

I deal locally with two dealers that are across the street from BORGs,
both beat, and in some cases KILL, BORG prices.

Barry

I have an equal number of Bessey K-Body and Jorgenson Cabinet Masters,
and I prefer the Cabinet Masters. The head mechanism and screw is
smoother and I like the maple handles.

Andy

"Guy LaRochelle" wrote in message ...
Hi guys,

I noticed that Lee Valley is now handling a Cabinet Master Clamp. It looks
much the Bessey K bodies. Has anyone taken a close look at them or used them
to see how they compare to the K bodies? Regards. -Guy LaRochelle