https://www.rockler.com/bessey-re...-kp-blocks
$189.99 instead of $209.95. The deal is back again at Rockler.
Bundle and save with this clamp package from Bessey, including (2) 24'' and (2) 40'' clamps, plus (4) KP blocks for easy, accurate frame assemblies. Bessey's K Body REVOlution parallel clamps boast approximately 1,000 N of additional clamping force over their predecessors. In addition, you can apply force with a 6mm hex key in the socket at the end of the handle—ideal for users with wrist issues. Dual anti-slip protection prevents unexpected jaw release, while the extra-large clamping surfaces stay at a right angle to the rail, making them ideal for keeping drawers and case goods square, as well as for standard panel glueups. All four edges of the clamp face can be used for clamping: standard full jaw, laying on either side, or upside down, clamping with the heel—ideal when you don't have enough space on the workpiece, or beneath it, to use the whole clamp face.
Features:- Sturdy jaw construction with metal-reinforced plastic housing
- End clip is easily removable without tools so you can convert the clamp to a spreader
- Adjustable, removable plastic risers lift your work off of the bar to eliminate marring and glue smearing
- No-mar clamp faces are glue- and solvent-resistant
- Clamp faces are removable to fit optional accessories like the Pivoting Jaw Faces (#51431, sold separately)
- Included KP Blocks let you set up a stable frame clamping fixture, ensuring square corners and no-tip performance
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Meanwhile, there are plenty of cabinet shops still using pipe clamps that are only limited by the length of the pipe.
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Woodworking as a hobby has become very expensive. For the beginner that does not want to break the bank, the versatile pipe clamp is the only way to go. You can buy cheap scrap pipe as long as one end is threaded, or maybe have a pipe threader and cut to whatever length you want. You can glue some rubber on the clamps, or use a block of wood if you are going to apply some serious pressure... more than parallel clamps have available and yes, we have them all.
Actually, most of our Bessey clamps came from estate and yard sales at half or less the price and mostly like new from hobbyist woodworkers that had to have the perceived best. Nice clamps, but increasingly expensive.... these used to be 170 last year and then 180 to now 190 on sale from Rockler. Maybe these are a good investment to just leave new in the box.
I have a bunch of older Bessey clamps that are great, but everything I've bought in the past 7 to 8 years has been horrible.
It costs a bit more (sometimes) but for this type of parallel (cabinet) clamp, I had to go Jorgenson.
It seems the woodworking, and the tool industry overall has been slipping. But the woodshop clamping industry has really fallen. Companies like Bessey and Irwin have just gone to sub-Harbor Freight levels.
I only have 1 functioning arm, so clamps are vital for my livelihood, and my life in general. I'm really hoping a new company comes out with better clamps for a fair price soon... because I fear good clamps may be a thing of the past... and making clamps is a 💩 task.
I have a bunch of older Bessey clamps that are great, but everything I've bought in the past 7 to 8 years has been horrible.
It costs a bit more (sometimes) but for this type of parallel (cabinet) clamp, I had to go Jorgenson.
It seems the woodworking, and the tool industry overall has been slipping. But the woodshop clamping industry has really fallen. Companies like Bessey and Irwin have just gone to sub-Harbor Freight levels.
I only have 1 functioning arm, so clamps are vital for my livelihood, and my life in general. I'm really hoping a new company comes out with better clamps for a fair price soon... because I fear good clamps may be a thing of the past... and making clamps is a 💩 task.
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