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Clamp Alert!
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: nostrebor on March 04, 2006, 08:08:50 am ---
The HD "Quick Grip" style clamps have a bad reputation in the WW circles. They have 2 significant problems.
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I know you meant HF for Harbor Freight, but I can just envision someone reading Krick's post, figuring HD could be Home Depot (where Krick coulda bought 'em from instead of Lowes), and the name on those Irwin clamps being what you're talking about.
THOSE clamps - the blue and yellow ones in Krick's post - THOSE are decent clamps. Rubber pads, a metal bar, and FAR higher clamping pressure than the Harbor Freight clamps. Irwin QuickGrip clamps are dynamite clamps. Spend the extra bux - you'll feel the difference in quality just in weight alone. And they also sell them at Harbor Freight.
patrickl:
I broke several of those clamps too. I went for a couple of more expensive ones (using the same design idea) and they work great. I hate those screw on clamps. I'd rather go for something that holds a tad less strong, but can be put in place with one hand.
lovespicyfood:
Darnit, I started amassing a collection of these HF clamps for my upcoming build... Bummer... Oh well, I'll just start spending more money on the better ones.
I've learned that HF has some great deals, but that you have to do some research before buying... Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your view), I live very close to their main warehouse in Camarillo, CA and they even just opened a retail store close to my business in Ventura!
"Uh, why were you gone so long to the bank?"
"Ummm...long lines..." ;D
Not sure if they still have them, but I got a blister pack of those Irwin clamps at Costco awhile back, I think it was ~$20 for six clamps, two of each size....
Tahnok:
Just picked up some of these clamps today (along with some new router bits). They seem strong enough to do arcade work. They seem a bit questionable though if you were doing serious woodworking.
quarterback:
I too have bought a few of these from Harbor Freight in the past.
Mine haven't "broken", per se, but the orange rubber pads have fallen off one of the clamps and the other one has come apart at the top where that little orange wing-nut thing is. The wing nut has come out and, therefore, that part of the clamp is loose.
That being said, they're fine for the few bucks I've spent on them.
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