Customer Reviews

Bessey TGJ2.524 2.5 Inch x 24 Inch Light Duty Tradesmen Bar Clamp with Wooden Handle

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If you are going to use this for clamping with any significant force, get a heavier clamp. Working with picture frames and similar light work, or in reduced lengths, this clamp will work well for you. When I stretch it out to ~15 inches and apply enough force to push 2 x 4's together on a biscuit, it flexes by bowing the I-beam in a semi-circular arc. This throws the jaws out of alignment and applies and off center force that causes the joints flex out of square.

In summary, if you are doing light work, this clamp is a great value. If you need moderate clamping force, save your money and buy a more appropriate clamp that won't flex on you.

This clamp is the perfect little tool to have around your house when you're building or mending small drawers or chairs. This is not a heavy duty piece, but you can manually tighten it to the point where it damages your object. Its important to remember that it doesnt have cushions and you need to use some kind of wooden or hard rubber spacer to protect the surface of your object.

I own several of these Bessey clamps in various lengths, and I think the world of them. I reach for these clamps the most often in my shop. I have never experienced the bar "bowing" like other clamp bars tend to do - not at any length. With a very reasonable pricetag, I think these are some of the better all-around clamps on the market.

Always favored Bessey clamps over all the others I have, but one that I used maybe twice jamed so that it will not move up and down the bar. I called the 800 number and was told in essance that I had to send the clamp back to the factory for evaluation and if they found that it was not defective it would be returned. Being that the clamp was less than 6 months old I asked if they could send me a new one and I would return the defective one to them. They said 'no'. Just seems like poor customer service to me.