Lousy Bessey Clamps....

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So I am in the process of building up my tool collection to start on bigger projects than just the wood lures I am currently building.

I find this 15 piece Bessey clamp kit.



Two 18 inch bar clamps, two 12 inchers, two 6 inch C clamps, four 2 inchers, and the rest are spring clamps. I didnt really see the clamps, since they were in a sealed box.

Getting home, I opened the box and found the bar clamps to be of less quality that the last Bessey bar clamp that I had bought. They work, but the clamping end is loose until pressure is applied with the screw. No locking lever. Quite unwieldy. The C clamps are top notch. The springs, one 3 inch one broke when I tried using it to hold my dust hose

For the price I think I am ahead with just the C clamps and a couple of bar clamps. I only owned one bar and two C clamps before this. To those who have these, or handled them, are these keepers just to get the clamp numbers up? Is there a place in these world for also ran clamps?

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[LCHIEN]

i have a bunch of those Bessey "F" clampos in 4" size, I use them for tool jigs, fence clamps and stff. I find the sliding jaw OK, different than the ones with the lever - sometimes it just gets away from you but sometimes handy because they adjust so quickly and with fewer hands. I suspect it has to do with gravity direction. When you dislike them its because they are sliding away open faster than you can tighten the screw to clamp it.