[Woodworkers] Clamps.....

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Royce


I feel your pain. Nothing is ever easy. So many manufactures create units, and you have to order a unit whether you need it or not.
Some projects seem to take on a life of their own. Maybe you can just mold some new handles out of some type of liquid plastic or resin, 
then get some rubber handle bar grips and put those on the new handles. 


Better yet, maybe you can just put some handle bar grips on your old handles and then they will work better for you.


Gary Williams






-----Original Message-----
From: Royce Killion via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
To: woodworkers <woodworkers at sawdusters.org>
Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 2:35 pm
Subject: [Woodworkers] Clamps.....


So here a while back I was trying to get some cabinet doors finished which  
I
needed done yesterday...(I sure hope I'm not the only one that that  
happens
to).

So to get them glued up a little faster I decided I needed a few more 

clamps. I went to the local box store and what they have available is the 

Jorgensen Cabinet Master...fine with me cause that is what I have and I 

have never used the Bessy ones, so maybe I don't know any better.

As I go
to pick up the new clamps I noticed some things have changed...a  
new handle
style.  The older handle style was just a big round wood  
handle.  Nothing
wrong with that but after using the newer style I thought  
these new handles
are a little better.  They are plastic with rubbery  
grips and seem to be a
little easier to get a good hold on and turn.

I'm thinking to myself that I
would like this newer style handle on all my  
clamps....should be easy to
do....call Jorgenson, order some and then  
struggle with putting them on.  Old
ones are held on with a rivet and the  
new ones are maybe epoxied on or
something...I should be able to figure it  
out. I call Jorgenson and find out
they do sell the new handles, but not  
just the handles. You have to buy the
handle, the acme screw and the cast  
jaw all as one unit.  I try to explain
that I would just like to buy the  
handle and maybe they could send me some
before they glue them on, nope.

Is it that hard to sell just what you
need....I have already bought the  
clamps....you think they could help a guy
out a little bit.

Oh well.

Royce

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