need advice on woodworking clamps

I dont like F clamps it seems hard to clamp the parellal If your tring to stay cheap I would go with heavy duty bar clamps Jorgenson 36” hd3607 1000 pounds of clampin force and if you dont need that much reg. duty is 600 and light duty is 300 …

-- christoper Blanchard, Michigan

Thous are light duty clamps…

-- christoper Blanchard, Michigan

I would second the Jorgenson clamps, they are fairly inexpensive and are strong and clamp nice and square.

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If you watch HF they have them on sale allot. I have a few of them but the threads strip out easy.. Seems the cheap tools cost me a fortune.

-- Bob, Rockford IL, http://www.woodandwax.net

Jorgenson pipe clamps are great. You can make the clamps as long or as short as needed by simply getting a longer or shorter piece of steel pipe. You can ever use a threaded coupler if you need to clamp something very long.

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pro.woodworker.com is having a sale on clamp 1/2 off right now

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

I don’t know about these clamps in particular (I am not familiar with the company) but F clamps here in germany are in probably 98% of all wood working shops. We use Bessey clamps pretty often, they do not have this funny looking spring mechanism on the screw end though.

-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany

For an inexpensive version of that type of clamp, it’s hard to beat the Harbor Freight Pittsburg bar clamps when on sale. As mentioned, they are lighter duty than the better parallel clamps, but still serve a purpose. They have 6, 12,18, 24, and 36”, and have a good return policy if you ever have a problem.

For heavier clamping, any of the better parallel clamps are super. I have the Jet and Stanley clamps and like both…have also used the Bessies and like those as well.

Here is a link to the pro woodworkers site for the clamps on sale.

Clamp Sale

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this is what the pro’s use, wetzler clamps. they are amazing, and an investment in future woodworking successes.

have you thought of making your own? alot can be done with pinned wooden bars and wedges for pressure.
good luck

-- Junior -Quality is never an accident-it is the reward for the effort involved.

I like bessy ,HF 3/4” pipe clamps(best buy) and the large heavy duty Irwin one hand clamps. I don’t own any but I think the Jet clamps Scott shows adjust easier than bessies.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon