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Don Stauffer - 30 Oct 2009 15:45 GMT

At a recent club meeting the subject was tools, and folks brought in
their best or favorites. One guy bought in some neat clamps he paid 8
bucks apiece for. Someone said the local Harbor Freights had a very
similar clamp for a buck each.

I went there and picked up three of these things. They are "bar"
clamps, about six inches long. These are the kind you press a button to
make large changes in size, then press a "trigger repeatedly to build up
force. The teeth are VERY fine, meaning you can control the clamp
pressure very nicely.

I have not tried it on a model yet, but they should work a lot better
than any other clamps I have, and the price was right!

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willshak - 30 Oct 2009 16:05 GMT

on 10/30/2009 10:45 AM (ET) Don Stauffer wrote the following:

> At a recent club meeting the subject was tools, and folks brought in
> their best or favorites. One guy bought in some neat clamps he paid 8
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> I have not tried it on a model yet, but they should work a lot better
> than any other clamps I have, and the price was right!

I bought a lot of clamps from Harbor Freight. I have the kind you
describe and also a pack of these for modeling.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=8826

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someone@some.domain - 30 Oct 2009 23:25 GMT

>At a recent club meeting the subject was tools, and folks brought in
>their best or favorites. One guy bought in some neat clamps he paid 8
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>I have not tried it on a model yet, but they should work a lot better
>than any other clamps I have, and the price was right!

the big versions of those are excellent for wood joinery.
good to know they make model sizes.

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Rufus - 31 Oct 2009 04:38 GMT

You can get similar ones at Sears - except they aren't geared...they
sort of inch-worm along when you pull the trigger. They're smaller
versions of the larger woodworking clamps.

...but I still like my Berna Assemblers better than anything.

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someone@some.domain - 31 Oct 2009 05:19 GMT

>> At a recent club meeting the subject was tools, and folks brought in
>> their best or favorites. One guy bought in some neat clamps he paid 8
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>
>....but I still like my Berna Assemblers better than anything.

what's that url again, kind sir?

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