quality c clamps

[nickb]

I would like to find some good quality c clamps. I have been looking for used ones, but the only ones I have been able to find were really worn out.
Does anybody have a recommendation for a good new USA made c clamp? I'm looking for something 8 inches or larger.

 

[rlitman]

Wilton makes top notch C clamps. Forged steel is the way to go. Cast iron clamps do not compare.

 

[nickb]

thanks I'll look into those.

 

[sberry]

Sometimes there is no good way around it. Buy what you need one at a time and keep an eye out. I actually had someone give me these. It kind of topped off my set. Something worth spending on is Vise Grip 11R. When people ask what you want for Christmas put that on the list. I caught a sale at as flea and even after all these years topped up with a couple.
These types of clamps are very good because they are very universal. They work on the job and on the bench and its hard to get too many.
Having enough clamps allowed tacking or welding some out one shot. I put a laborer on a job a while back,,, peck peck peck with the feeder and I go back and set the job up with a clamp to make the weld vs several tacks.

 

[u118224]

Sometimes there is no good way around it. Buy what you need one at a time and keep an eye out. I actually had someone give me these. It kind of topped off my set. Something worth spending on is Vise Grip 11R. When people ask what you want for Christmas put that on the list. I caught a sale at as flea and even after all these years topped up with a couple.
These types of clamps are very good because they are very universal. They work on the job and on the bench and its hard to get too many.
Having enough clamps allowed tacking or welding some out one shot. I put a laborer on a job a while back,,, peck peck peck with the feeder and I go back and set the job up with a clamp to make the weld vs several tacks.

They must really beat on stuff at the ole farm. Any farmer I've known never babied their equipment.

 

[sberry]

The job above was actually for the snowmobile club. The part they got was missing 3 ears and some other attachment. Every once in a while we break something. Its fairly rare I the grand scheme of things but we do a lot of bit modification. I aint scared to stop and fix a bracket, drill a new hole etc.
Anything I can weld on to make something easier I am all over. 10# of wire can last me a long time in my little feeder if I am thrifty but makes hundreds of small welds.

 

[bob15]

Wright, Williams, Armstrong, Proto, Billings, Kant Twist all make good c-clamps.

 

[rlitman]

Kant-twist is an interesting point. Not really a C clamp, but for many uses it can substitute as one (and is superior in some ways).

 

[Tronyadorable]

Ehoma.

 

[exmaxima1]

Kant Twist if you need very high holding force. Vise Grip welding grips (especially the ones with the swivel feet) for the other 90% of the time.

 

[tarbellb]

Are you sure you need/want C-clamps? Every time somebody ask about C-clamps I cant help but think they have never used other styles of clamps?

If you need a C-clamp specifically then great. If your not sure, check out this style of clamp, highly versatile, and a dream to setup vs a C-clamp.

Link - http://www.besseytools.com/en/subca...000030023&ASIMOID_SC=000000000001f21d00030023

 

[sberry]

They all can have their place but there is good reason the common screw clamp has stayed around as long as it has.

 

[PT Doc]

Kant twist. So many sizes. Pin handles or knurled know for the smaller ones. At 30% off at enco, they are a steel.

 

[stonesfan68]

Proto has some c-clamps that are made in the USA.


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[Ruger_556]

Proto has some c-clamps that are made in the USA.


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Yup, I have two of them

 

[Steevo]

I use welding clamps far more often than C-clamps, and I have plenty of each.

And I don't mean the HF cheapo's, either. They are junk.

 

[dr_clyde]

My go to clamp is the strong hand sliding bar clamp. I've got about two dozen. I love em.

If I need really strong clamping force, I switch to c clamps. New, I like Wilton and Armstrong. Used, I'm a fan of Williams, Grand Tank, and Billings.

Repeatable, one handed clamping I use 11SP vise grips.

 

[Ruger_556]

I use welding clamps far more often than C-clamps, and I have plenty of each.

And I don't mean the HF cheapo's, either. They are junk.

Who makes those?

 

[Steevo]

Bessey, Strong Hand, RealGear and others

Just search on F-type sliding clamp, or sliding arm clamp.

 

[hoston23]

They must really beat on stuff at the ole farm. Any farmer I've known never babied their equipment.

I'm a farmer, and i baby my equipment. i know what it costs to replace them so i take care of my stuff

 

[sberry]

I have used the Bessy type bar clamps, they are ok but wouldn't trade common ones for them. A guy might have a kant or 2 if he was repairing damaged steel.