Oh Boy!

[Ed62]

Obviously, this didn't belong in the "Tool" forum. My daughter bought her husband a Black and Decker "Auto Clamp". You know, the one that is battery operated. He is not a woodworker, but she thought it was a cool tool, so he got it. He told her he wouldn't use it, so guess who wound up with it! Yeah, you got it right. Maybe sometime in the next 6 months or so, I'll find a use for it. Who knows?

Ed

[messmaker]

I might be the only person in America that thinks I could find a use for it. I think I want one.

[T-Bone]

I got one of those motorized tape measures as a gift a couple years ago and my kids loved it until the batteries died, then it sat in my shop for a year or so, then I threw it away while I was packing to move. I figured that even if it would have come in handy at some point, I probably would have erased is existence from my memory by then. I can't decide if a motorized clamp would be more useful than a motorized tape measure.

[LCHIEN]

I got one of those motorized tape measures as a gift a couple years ago and my kids loved it until the batteries died, then it sat in my shop for a year or so, then I threw it away while I was packing to move. I figured that even if it would have come in handy at some point, I probably would have erased is existence from my memory by then. I can't decide if a motorized clamp would be more useful than a motorized tape measure.

well, Black and Decker made them both.
Is B&D a Canadian co.?

[JSCOOK]

Is B&D a Canadian co.?

Nope! ... one of yours! ... all started in Maryland in 1917 and still in MD as of today ... mind you, we had the First foreign subsidiary Black & Decker Manufacturing Company Ltd. is built in Canada in 1922.

Black & Decker

Official B&D History

[JSCOOK]

Maybe sometime in the next 6 months or so, I'll find a use for it. Who knows?
Ed

Ya, I got one too ... bought it on clearance for $6, buy I only bought it for my 5 yr old daughter so she would leave my good tapes alone ... the plan has worked so far, as I just have to recharge the batteries in it for her once a week

[siliconbauhaus]

hey....I should get one for my son as he's always nicking my tapes

[crokett]

I was wandering around HD today killing time and saw the AutoClamp. I doubt it is very strong. the only thing I can see it doing is letting me work one handed while lining up a jig or something. My quick clamps and spring clamps already do that. And I don;t have to charge the batteries.