Customer Reviews

Quick-Grip 00506 Bar Clamps

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I own many Quick-Grip clamps but this is the one I reach for most often. It's a full size 6" clamp, not the smaller sized 6" or mini-clamps, so it've very strong. And this short 6" length is very handy around the shop when you need to clamp a board down to a table, etc. My longer clamps are used for glue ups, but this size and length clamp gets more use around the shop durning most projects.

The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.
Having these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.
After getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.
Their is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.
One note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.
The big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.

As with the entire quick grip products the features that should entice you to buy and use the Quick-Grip 506 Bar Clamp are the ease of adjustment and the fact that it won't mar even the softest of wood yet still provide ample force for your project. People with low hand strength or hand pain can use the trigger ratchet used for the adjustment with ease. It only requires a firm squeeze just over the pressure used for scissors

I use this to hold down an advanced watercooling system on my Geforce4. Bet ya never knew you could put it in a computer did ya! Highly recommended! These things ROCK!

This is the heavy-style clamp that has superior holding and gripping power. I use a handful of these when doing laminations on a form, holding cabinets together and even on some smaller "box" and birdhouse projects. One of these will REALLY hold a stop block on your radial arm saw fence. (I always grip from the back of the fence to keep table side obstructions to a minimum.) I really like the quick release lever that easily lets it go at full pressure with one finger. You will find additional uses for these every time you pick one up. They are high quality and should last a lifetime.

I recently began buying a few of these style clamps to augment my standard bar and pipe clamp arsenal. These small 6" clamps are extremely helpful. As others have stated, they are very helpful when you need to temporarily fasten stock to your work surface, but a spring clamp is not enough. I can already tell that I will wind up purchasing a few more of these!

This Quick-Grip Clamp exceeded my expectations with its ease of use, durability, and gripping power. A must for the workshop.