Which woodworking clamps should you buy?
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I always include this man's opinion when making determinations on woodworking decisions . . .
59 yrs old and as a beginner this information is golden.
I love my Jurgensen pistol grip clamps. Expensive but very handy.
As a long time journeyman I know my share of tips and tricks, but I love the way you explain things and am so glad somebody of your caliber is on CZcams giving tips and tricks to the inexperienced as well as the experienced. I enjoy your channel immensely. Keep on going.
I'm kind of new to wood working, but couldn't agree more. He's very insightful!
Excellent as always
I've always got enough clamps....
Right until that moment when I don't.
Nothing brings a project to s slowdown like being 2 clamps short of gluing that 3rd table.
How refreshing to have honest professional advice on what we really need. Thanks
I’ve now watched this one twice. The advice is excellent, as usual. What a blessing to have Stumpy!
Simple, to the point, I love this guide! Thank you 👍🏼
Love pipe clamps , I just ordered two of them today 😊🔨
Nice presentation. No messing around. I love your style.
Excellent. You have saved me some money buying clamps I don't need and making me aware of clamps I could use but did not know about. Thank you!
As always, the preparation you put into your vids is obvious, and SO effective.
Good content; basic for anybody with shop experience but so methodical and thorough it's still a pleasure to watch.
I'm loving your videos! Extremely helpful. I'm an old machinist and sometime woodworking but I learn new stuff every time I watch. Thanks bro!
So informative, so efficient, so authoritative and thoughtful. Excellent videos. Thank you!
Ii like your videos. They're densely packed with info and devoid of silliness. Thanks for saving my time.
Super clear and concise explanations. This video is helping me so much as I decide which clamps to buy. Thank you!!!!
Very useful and quite detailed. One of the most useful videos I have seen in a long time!
As a newb woodworker, I was not aware there were so many types of clamps. Thanks!
I love this guy. Articulate, intelligent and fun to watch.
Thanks for sharing with us James, good advice.
James, you are awesome. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for such a thoughtful and well informed video...I always appreciate your sincere efforts to get it right!
Another well presented informative video, thanks again, keep them coming. As a new woodworker, information like this is gold.
Best wishes, Dave UK
Best explanation on clams, and a round number to start with
Thank you for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This breakdown was awesome. Thanks for the number recommendation as well.
The mini squeeze clamps have been the best chip clips and I’ll never go back :)
Great, clear information as usual. I like to use old bike inner tubes for some glue ups. Infinitely adjustable, flexible, and almost free.
Thanks man best info and suggestions I’ve seen on this topic for the large variety of clamps out there
This is a really great overview. All of your videos are very informative.
I really like the Microjig dovetail clamps. Those things are amazing. Especially if you route a dovetail groove in your workbench.
Excellent video. I wish I had seen this video a year 2 years ago when I first got into woodworking. I retired and wanted to learn wood working. Seems I invested a lot into clamps that I haven’t used in 2 years. Now that I’ve watched the video I’ve seen a few clamps I’ve needed and some clamps I have way too many of. Now I can reorganize my clamp rack putting the ones I don’t need or use in the storeroom. Thanks for another great video. Keep up the great work.
I can't believe that I have almost the exactly same type and quantities of clamps you recommend, only few more trigger clamps. Working very well for me. Thanks for the good education as always.
Thanks. I am going to be adding a second shop at my snow bird location and this will help me think about how to outfit that shop.
Can't double like this. But ran across it a second time and it's still a great video. Nice work!
Thanks for the clamps advice. very simple when you talk about each type 'side by side' and their respective uses. Off to buy a few F clamps (don't have any of these), and a couple of parallel clamps. Really like these but they are some expensive. Thanks again for the video. kmdc in Oz
I would also like to say thank you for the information you are posting in your videos. I truly think you have saved me a bunch of money as I would have purchased the wrong things for the right reason.
I'm just getting started and want to buy some basic things. This was the best of several utube sites so I bought the recommended clamps. Thank you.
I know it's been out for a while but totally agree with you James!
I am building my first bread board table this Summer & will need the 48-56 inch parallel clamps & I am starting a pipe clamp(3/4) for wood & metal work.
Thanks for the video.
Thank you - I'm starting a pretty hefty investment into shop clamps and this intel is super valuable. Thank you very very much. Cheers from Wisconsin.
I greatly appreciate those priceless "Tricks of the Trade" as I am a certified welder of 19yrs and I am wanting to further my woodworking skills.
Excellent rundown James.
Thank You!!… The pistol grip and f clamps are my leading candidates
Great review of clamps. As I’m just getting started woodworking, it was a timely topic. Thanks!
Thank you. I like your thoroughness and I agree with your choices.
Thank you for this video. I'm going to need bar clamps for an upcoming project but didn't know their name.
As with most tools, it's all in how you use them. I imagine we've all done some pretty creative clamping- perhaps Stumpy might put together a video on the subject.
Personally, in addition to my assortment of clamps, I keep a 5 gallon pail filled with wedges. I've used various lead blocks (ballast salvaged from boats), rope, ratchet straps, hose clamps and threaded rod. I've made spring clamps by splitting short sections of pvc pipe, and for oddly shaped glue-ups, I've had good results with the rolls of stretchy plastic wrap sold next to the moving boxes and packing supplies.
I am new to wood projects. Thanks for this great video. Been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what type of clamps I need. This is great. Thanks for creating this easy to understand video all about clamps. The pistol clamps are what I need to start. THANKS
I have an inventory of most clamps, some collect dust but are used from time to time. I use alot of band clamps for making float frames and good quality pistol grip are my go-to clamps. I haven't seen parallel clamps in our area. Certainly on my wish list. Great video.😊🇨🇦
Saw this at the right time. Thank you.
After watching this, I was surprised my clamp collection pretty much matched your recommendations. Except yes, I still have 4 packages of bar clamp ends that have never seen a section of pipe. Great recommendations, and always appreciate your content. Side note, the pistol grips from Harbor Freight were always abysmal, but I noticed after a recent visit that they had significantly improved, with more glass fiber in the moldings, and a steel release mechanism replacing the old plastic button. Not high end by any means, but nice to supplement my go-to Irwins. And very affordable to add that extra hand when needed.
Just cleaning up my clamp mess! Too many from different manufacturers so slightly different heights and depths. Just picked up Bessy Gear Clamps and I love them - F-clamps that don’t bust your knuckles!
Great video.
I have a couple of deep throat clamps for Luther’s work. Designed to be installed in the hole of an acoustic guitar to clamp down the bridge to the top. It’s amazing how handy these are for other, non guitar jobs when you need to reach farther in from the edge for a glue-up. They are available in a few different reach lengths.
Thank you! Super useful info! I know it seems silly but for beginner woodworkers, clamps are confusing and overwhelming.
Thanks for an excellent video James. There is a lot of good info in here.
Just what I was looking for, thank you!
This was a great video... If I was ever in your shop, It would take me at least a week because I would have to touch and handle every single tool you have on the back wall.. I love all old hand tools..
Thanks for the great video on clamping types. I am going to invest in some of the different ones you introduced
Great video! I bought a huge lot (over 100 not including spring) of clamps from a gentleman who was retiring - he was one of those guys who would go to garage sales and buy clamps any time they see them. Every kind of clamp imaginable. I agree with the points you made in this video, and have a similar setup of clamps I use most.
Such a patchwork collection was great for understanding the differences between good and bad brands, too. I think it explains some of why some people hate some clamps - they might have tried a cheaper version of the product. Trigger clamps for instance, the cheap modern Irwin clamps are just okay, but some of the pricier brands or older models (with less plastic) can exert almost as much pressure as a parallel clamp.
Good job! I enjoy the very useful information and the excellent "bed side manner" of the host
I invested in a half dozen parallel clamps for my kitchen cabinet project. They are awesome, albeit heavy as mentioned. Got about twenty pistol grip clamps. The are the workhorse in my garage. A handful of spring clamps are handy and a single screw clamp which I rarely use, but when I do its the only one that works for the application.
Great video! Might have to pull the trigger in those band clsmos if I ever do as much edge banding again like I did with my cabinet doors
I'm happy to hear you say that it's possible to have too many of something, especially clamps. Steve at Woodworking For Mere Mortals recently did a clamp video, and he also said it is possible to have too many of them. I have been in spots where I wished I had more clamps, but I usually have enough. The deficit has never been more than a handful, and I should pick up a few more. But even then, my set won't be very big. If I wanted to, I could go old school and just use rope and wedges for several types of jobs.
This informative video was quick and to the point. Excellent!
Thanks for the great video James!
Just used a Kreg pin end clamp for pocket hole assembly - worked great.
You omitted the old style wood cam lever f-style clamp which I find useful especially for repairs and exocic wood glueups. Mine have cork faces for mar prevention. I inherited mine from my dad who brought them from Germany in 1954.
Built a new set of gardens stools and a table this summer and the right-angled mitre style clamps were invaluable for holding large, heavy panels in place to mark and screw in brackets. I wouldn't be without them now. Between them and a few pistol grips, the whole project went like a dream. European translation - What we call G-Clamps and Sash Clamps are referred to as C-Clamps and Bar Clamps here.
Yeah pistol grip clamps are my favorite as well. I use them for everything, even lots of tasks outside the shop. One of the most convenient and useful tools in my opinion. I have a small one in pretty much every room of my house because I’m always reaching for them for some reason or another.
A clamp that I recommend, that for years I didn't know was missing is the corner clamps for picture framing, they get involved a lot where it wouldn't seem they are useful.
Great advice Stumpy. How about using bench hooks and wedges as clamps. I use 2 x 4s with 20mm holes (for the bench dogs) as stops and a bench hook end piece to brace against. Wedges behind a simple piece of baton wood to apply pressure. Very cheap, even uses off cuts of 2 x 4s.
Good work. Thank you. I’m looking to invest in some clamps for my new workshop here in réunion island
This was very handy for me. Thank you.
Thanks, James. Good overview and recommendations. TIP I didn't see in the video: Use pistol-grip clamps as spreaders by reversing the static end.
Really like your videos! Much useful info and delivery is easy going. Thanks!
Thank you for this informative video. The vast varieties of clamps is daunting, but now I have a much better idea of what to invest in, I think.
Good video. The variety shown was very informational !!! Keep your wood clean & dry !!!😮
You are awesome at explaining! Thank you!
I have to say, I agree with you 100%. I do have some aluminum bar clamps that were given to me and they are working too.
I have parallel, F, pipe, spring, ratcheting and C clamps and my favorites are Irwin Quikgrip pistol grip clamps. I use C clamps mainly for doing brake jobs when compressing brake caliper pistons.
Sage advice Mr. Stump
Spot on, excellent tutorial!
I enjoyed your presentations and conversations at Des Moines at the Wood Smith seminars, this was a good video or a novas woodworkers, thanks.
I recently bought a Kreg system and found out really quick how much I would like to have some of those specialty clamps you were showing. Especially the right angle one but at $40 a piece man that is steep. Thanks
Great job on the clamps vid.
Thank you. I really needed this video.
Two more clamp styles I've found useful are spool clamps and cam clamps. Both are popular with luthiers, but I've found the deep reach of the cam clamps useful for non-luthier projects as well. The spool clamps are more specialized, and I've only used them for gluing up acoustic guitars. Both are rather pricey, but are pretty easy to make yourself. I even developed a cam clamp that is 3D printable, but it still needs a little tweaking before I post it somewhere.
5:48 "This one time, at band clamp..."
Great video, suggest taking the "extra" spring clamps + a bike inner tube (cut the inner tube in sections and mount over the end of the spring clamps) = Home made bandy clamps for edge banding glue ups
Your presentations are always very informative. Thank you!
I'm not a fan of pistol clamps at all. I've owned several - all Irwin brand - and to my disappointment, they didn't retain the ability to hold tightly after just a few years of moderate use. I don't know - maybe there's a rubber O-ring inside that can be replaced. Another disadvantage is that they're tightening power is fully dependent on your hand strength - something that my Dad discovered as he got older.
I've switched mostly to F clamps. I have several Bessey and Pony F clamps of various sizes, but found that the inexpensive Harbor Freight ones are also very good.
Bungee cords work well to hold irregular shaped objects - chair legs for instance.
I always look at yard and garage sales for clamps. You can score C, F, and pipe clamps, as well as some specialty clamps (face clamps and corner clamps) for practically nothing. Sometimes, all they need is a good cleaning.
Not mentioned, but cam clamps are quite useful. I use them primarily for small boxes that don't require a lot of pressure. I believe they are the main-stay clamps for luthiers.
Thank you so much this was so helpful!
Your videos are really great. Really great! Thanks!
Enjoyable, informative content. Thank you.
Perfect video great summary at the end
I had the "trigger" on a cheap pistol grip clamp break on me during a glue-up. It was one of two that was the only size that fit the job.
Thanks for the advice I learn a lot from your channel
Thx as always for your informative videos. I have several like the one by your left hand at 9:08 (red handle & pad) and they seem to all too soon slip - i.e. the gear teeth on the 1/2 moon section strips. Hope was understandable. Been using 4 of them among other clamps & so far 1 has stripped so that it pops loose after pressure is applied. Maybe I just got a dud!
More invaluable info in a concise one-stop format, this why we love you James. BTW C-Clamps also have their uses. I have a fold-up-&-stack-it all in the shed type workshop - so, I have many smaller, corded power tools, [grinders, vice, stationary sanding machines etc] I'v attached each one to a flat sturdy board and to set-up I clamp these to worktops...using c-clamps. They don't have to be massive, a small throat is often plenty, they grip good,n,tight AND of course free up my other clamps for the jobs they're needed on. Never underestimate any type of clamp.
I also agree that C-clamps have their place in the shop. And you can adjust them with one hand by swinging the frame clockwise or counterclockwise while holding the screw/handle. This technique makes short work of opening or closing the clamp while your other hand may be occupied holding the project or fixture components.
I also use solid surfaces to build panel fixtures for assemblies such as door panels which may be used in pairs to make the left and right panels together to be sure that the fit is not only square, but in perfect alignment to each other. A combination of screwing the clamping surfaces and C-clamps, battens and wedges make short work of keeping the panels flat and in position.
I fully agree with your choices for needed clamps. Fortunately most of my collection goes well beyond your minimums. I’ve been able to buy almost all my clamps on sale. Many came in sets that were well discounted. That way I’ve been able to get much more for my money.