Amazon.com has some pretty good deals on parallel jaw clamps:
12" Bessey k-bodies for $20.99
http://www.amazon.com/Bessey-K3-512-Opening-K-Body-Clamp/dp/B0000224BC/sr=8-2/qid=1161583596/ref=sr_1_2/002-9120848-0525634?ie=UTF8&s=hi
or http://tinyurl.com/yl7o56
and 24" Gross Stabil for $23.23
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00081YROG/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-9120848-0525634?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
or http://tinyurl.com/ybgpfs
Haven't tried the Gross Stabil clamps, but I've heard good things. And
$21 still seems steep for a 12" clamp, but I use my 6" and 12"
Uniklamps enough that I've often wished for a heavier duty version of
that.
Speaking of which, when I checked amazon to remember what the gray
baby-k-bodies were called, I noticed that set is on sale too: 2 @ 6", 2
@ 12", 2 @ 18" for $69.97. However, they're "in stock soon", which,
from what I've heard, means they might or might not be in stock
sometime this year.
http://www.amazon.com/Bessey-UNIK-6S-Multi-Purpose-Parallel-UniKlamp/dp/B00065WPYI/sr=1-5/qid=1161583842/ref=sr_1_5/002-9120848-0525634?ie=UTF8&s=hi
or http://tinyurl.com/yeylp2
Of course they're not equivalent to real k-bodies, but as I said, I
have this set and use them quite a bit. I usually find them handier
than regular cheap F-clamps, with a larger clamping surface that
doesn't spin when you tighten it.
No affiliation etc., I just know I've been appreciative of clamp sale
postings here in the past, so I thought I'd pass this along.
Andy
"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
<snip>
> and 24" Gross Stabil for $23.23
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00081YROG/ref=ord_cart_s
> hr/002-9120848-0525634?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance or
> http://tinyurl.com/ybgpfs
>
> Haven't tried the Gross Stabil clamps, but I've heard good things.
<snip>
I HAVE used the Gross Stabil parallel jaw clamps, and they are every bit as
good as the Kbodies. And that's an excellent price.
Patriarch,
who really doesn't need any more clamps right now...