I have made several comments about the likes and dislikes of my
CabinetMaster, Jet, and Bessey Revo clamps.
I remain sold on the CabinetMasters and thank goodness they will be in
production again one day.
On my current small project I was trying to get my 12" Bessey Revo to
slide all the way open but is simply would not slide past a certain
point on the bar. No glue on the bar that I could see and that was
frustrating with me being in the middle of a glue up. Out of
desperation a whack with a hammer persuaded the clamp to open fully.
Seems to be fine now but what a PIA.
Today while removing clamps from a small glue up I could not turn the
handle much more than 1/8 of a turn on a Jet parallel clamp. That was
enough to remove the clamp but the screw has seized midway between fully
loose and fully tight. I'm eagerly waiting for a response from Jet,
these like CabinetMasters have a life time warranty.
Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
> I have made several comments about the likes and dislikes of my
> CabinetMaster, Jet, and Bessey Revo clamps.
>
> I remain sold on the CabinetMasters and thank goodness they will be in
> production again one day.
>
> On my current small project I was trying to get my 12" Bessey Revo to
> slide all the way open but is simply would not slide past a certain
> point on the bar. No glue on the bar that I could see and that was
> frustrating with me being in the middle of a glue up. Out of
> desperation a whack with a hammer persuaded the clamp to open fully.
> Seems to be fine now but what a PIA.
>
> Today while removing clamps from a small glue up I could not turn the
> handle much more than 1/8 of a turn on a Jet parallel clamp. That was
> enough to remove the clamp but the screw has seized midway between fully
> loose and fully tight. I'm eagerly waiting for a response from Jet,
> these like CabinetMasters have a life time warranty.
They are scarce but occasionally find them on eBay.
Pair of new 24" Jorgensen Cabinet Masters $118 & free shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jorgensen-Cabinet-Master-24-inch-90-Parallel-Jaw-Bar-Clamp-2-pack-/222680437914
On 10/18/2017 7:21 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
> Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> I have made several comments about the likes and dislikes of my
>> CabinetMaster, Jet, and Bessey Revo clamps.
>>
>> I remain sold on the CabinetMasters and thank goodness they will be in
>> production again one day.
>>
>> On my current small project I was trying to get my 12" Bessey Revo to
>> slide all the way open but is simply would not slide past a certain
>> point on the bar. No glue on the bar that I could see and that was
>> frustrating with me being in the middle of a glue up. Out of
>> desperation a whack with a hammer persuaded the clamp to open fully.
>> Seems to be fine now but what a PIA.
>>
>> Today while removing clamps from a small glue up I could not turn the
>> handle much more than 1/8 of a turn on a Jet parallel clamp. That was
>> enough to remove the clamp but the screw has seized midway between fully
>> loose and fully tight. I'm eagerly waiting for a response from Jet,
>> these like CabinetMasters have a life time warranty.
>
> They are scarce but occasionally find them on eBay.
>
> Pair of new 24" Jorgensen Cabinet Masters $118 & free shipping
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jorgensen-Cabinet-Master-24-inch-90-Parallel-Jaw-Bar-Clamp-2-pack-/222680437914
>
They were out of production for at least a year IIRC, Jorgensen shut
down operations and were recently bought by another company. They are
in the process of restoring operations.
http://jorgensenponyclamp.com/