Customer Reviews

Bessey XV5-100 4-Inch VarioClippix Sliding Arm Plastic Spring Clamp

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What a great clamp!! Replaces all your other spring-type clamps in one unit. Holds just about any 4 inch or less wood joint together plenty tight for gluing. Quick and easy to adjust. For routine smaller work, this is the only clamp you need to reach for! Suggest the 4 inch rather than 3 inch size.

I do a lot of woodworking. I use these clamps for almost all my projects. They are just the right strength for most correctly fitting wood joints. The variable jaw is a nice feature that actually makes this several size clamps in one.

These have characteristics that are quite different from other kinds of spring-loaded clamps. Adjusting the size of the opening also lets you adjust the pressure the clamp exerts on the material being clamped. I think they're great. I have four 3-inch and four 4-inch and will be buying more of the 4". I see little reason for buying the 3" size because the 4 inch size also clamps 3" and less.

They say 4" and they are right, but you forget that when you put it to use. I used it to hold a 2x12 stringer against a 4x4 post (that is about 5") so that I could mark the stringer for cutting. The clamp snapped in two. I knew better; plastic does not and cannot replace a real clamp.