Customer Reviews

Irwin Quick-Grip C-Clamp - 2in.

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These clamps are very sturdy, easy to clamp down hard, the threads turn smoothly, and as far as I can tell they are pretty rust resistent. I purchased 10 of these to use for wide panel glue-ups, where I place a clamp at each glue joint (sometimes with and sometimes without a straight edge to clamp against). I find that this helps me to align the boards perfectly while the glue is still wet and thus I have a lot less sanding to do later. The threads on these clamps are fine enough that I can really ease up to the maximum pressure I am going for without clamping with too much force. In the rare instances when I have really wanted to apply some torque with these, the handles have not flexed or bent at all (which is a problem with some of the cheaper c-clamps I have used).

If you have a need for some small c-clamps, I highly recommend these!

These clamps from Irwin were much more than I expected. I mean these 4" clamps seem much larger than a little 4" clamp I thought I'd receive. You just can't beat the price or the quality. I do a lot of welding and wanted to add additional clamps to my collection. Being happy with Irwin products in the past, I went with these. I ordered 3", 4" and 6" and these are very well made. I have tightened them down to the point others would have broke and these clamps held fast with no bending, cracking or breaking. I rate these clamps a true 5 stars.

My main application for the clamps is quick set up for threading my weaving loom. I use two quick-grip hand-clamps and two C clamps.

C-clamps have a very strong hold. Once they are ratcheted I cannot move the item the hold at all.
The handi-clamps have a decent hold however they the hold is not as strong as the C-clamps that you need to ratchet. It is important for me that the clamps don't move in case I accidentally bump into them and they do not. However if I want to I can move them slightly without releasing the clamp. The quick-grip hand-clamp clamps are very easy and fast to set up (and remove), all you need to do is compress the handle.

I am attaching a photo of my weaving set up: handi-clamps clamps hold the metal bracket to the table, while the smaller C clamps attach the rigid heddle to a think wooden stick, which is in turn clamped to the metal bracket. This set up allows me to reach the heddle from both side for threading. This home-made set up cost well below $20, if I were to buy a commercially made system it would be measured in hundreds.

The clamps are easy to set up and remove, easy to pack up for storage when not in use, and I am extremely pleased with the clamps. I have been using them for approximately 9 months at least once a week, the springs still work as well as they day I bought them.

Ali Julia