Bessey BTB30 Tradesman 30-Piece Bar Clamp Assortment

by Bessey

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Review

A great way to save big on the best clamps made, Bessey's 30-piece assorted bar clamp set is ideal for frameless construction, cabinets, and more. An I-beam rail design minimizes bending for straighter projects and tighter glue jobs. The clamps' locking device prevents slippage for consistent pressure as glue dries. Steel-constructed and zinc-finished rails won't leave black marks on materials for cleaner woodworking and less touch-up after the clamps are removed. Plastic caps prevent denting and scratching at contact points, and wooden handles offer optimal pressure control for a wide variety of clamping applications. The set includes: four 6-inch, six 12-inch, four 18-inch, eight 24-inch, and four 36-inch clamps (rack not included). Sold separately, Bessey's wheeled clamp-rack offers handy, storage and transport from job to job. Brian D. Olson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 47 x 6 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 72.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002HC67G
• Item model number: BTB30
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,985 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5-Star Clamps, 0-Star Packaging, August 9, 2004

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DK - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bessey BTB30 Tradesman 30-Piece Bar Clamp Assortment (Tools & Home Improvement)

What can be said about these clamps? They're Bessey Tradesman clamps - some of the best and most respected clamps in the trade. Extremely strong, well designed, easily adjustable. Buying all thirty clamps separately would cost you about $350, so this is quite a deal for clamps of this caliber, especially for start-up hobbyists. It's also a deal for seasoned cabinet shops - as you know, you can never have too many clamps! However, my beef is with the packaging. I've seen this same package offered by other sites, so I'm going to have to ding Bessey a star on this one: the packaging was HORRIFYING. Completely unacceptable. All 30 clamps (over 70 pounds worth) were tossed haphazardly in a long, flimsy cardboard box. The clamps themselves were not individually wrapped in anything, nor was the whole set wrapped in anything. They were just thrown in a box that was held together by cheap packing tape. As such, the red paint on the wooden handles got torn apart by the rest of the metal in the box. The box itself was in shambles since the cardboard was so thin and the packing tape so cheap. HOWEVER, it's a testament to the longevity and durability of these clamps that they survived this shipping torture with nothing more than scratched paint. They are SOLID clamps that are definitely worth the buy, so long as you're willing to risk the gentle hands of "brown".
Word of advice: Considering the packaging, make sure you count the clamps when you get them! 30 - not 29, nor 28...30! I didn't have a problem, but when I looked at the box again I considered myself lucky.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No change, May 13, 2005

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Sawdust (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bessey BTB30 Tradesman 30-Piece Bar Clamp Assortment (Tools & Home Improvement)

I emailed the manufacturer and asked if they changed the packing on this set of clamps based on the previous reviews. I received no reply. My set came today beat up like the others had. There is nothing between the clamps and the wooded handles suffer with knicks and scratches. It's a good thing they make such a good product or we wouldn't put up with this poor packaging job.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Score: Clamps, 5; Packaging, 0 -- Still!!!, August 7, 2005

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Howard W. Feindel (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bessey BTB30 Tradesman 30-Piece Bar Clamp Assortment (Tools & Home Improvement)

Regardless of the claim made by J. Schwerdt "Bessey Management" last year (in response to DK's very on-target review) that the packaging problems have been corrected, the packaging on the clamp set I recently received was just as shoddy as it apparently ever was, with some of the bars sticking out of the package ends, and many of the clamp handles (and the paint on some of the castings) dinged up, some pretty badly.

Still, considering that the deal also included an HTC clamp stand, I'm very pleased with the clamp set. Incidentally, the stand included a broad, U-shaped bracket (approx 3-3/4" high), and two long bolts w/washers & locknuts, which were not discussed in the assemply instructions, and which appear to be intended to hold some kind of sign, as shown in the HTC literature, but which was not included with the stand.