Quick-Grip Quick Change 536QC 36-Inch Bar Clamp/Spreader

by Irwin

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Quick-Grip Quick Change 36-Inch Bar Clamp/Spreader is two tools in one. It converts to a spreader by reversing clamp pad. It has quick one-handed operation and non-marring, stay-on pads, that protect finish and yet can be replaced. It is made in the USA from the makers of vise-grip locking hand tools and comes with a full lifetime warranty.

Product Description

Quick Change, 36" Bar Clamp/Spreader, Multi Position Jaws Can Be Positioned Anywhere On The Bar Making Even The Most Challenging Clamping Or Spreading Task A Snap, Clamping Capacity 18", Spreading Capacity 7-1/2" To 44-5/8", Non Marring Pads.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 9 x 44.6 inches ; 3.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00004SBCM
• Item model number: 536QCN
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,112 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #79 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Hand Tools > Clamps > Bar & Pipe Clamps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Clamp, Probably Too Big, October 26, 2001

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D "sub" (Metro Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quick-Grip Quick Change 536QC 36-Inch Bar Clamp/Spreader (Misc.)

This clamp uses the ingenius trigger grip design for unbelievable ease of use. This makes the clamp unbelievably easy to tighten using one hand. A few warnings about this particular product, however:

(1) Be sure the size is correct. I think the 36" size is too big for all but the biggest projects. I think the 18" size is the best all-around size.

(2) The plastic construction makes the clamps best for holding items "approximately" in place. If you need total clamping for cutting precision, look elsewhere.

All in all, a good product if it is the right size, and used for the right purpose.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great clamps for the price...., June 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick-Grip Quick Change 536QC 36-Inch Bar Clamp/Spreader (Misc.)

These are your typical hand-ratchet clamps with an added feature -- the ends are reversible so it can work as a spreader if needed. They are solidly constructed, do not mark wood surfaces, and a great addition to my shop. I sometimes can't get the same force I would normally get out of a screw clamp, but for most jobs this is a great clamp.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Grip tops the charts on usability plus, February 24, 2003

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Bob Feeser "MillCrafters.com" (Springfield, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quick-Grip Quick Change 536QC 36-Inch Bar Clamp/Spreader (Misc.)

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.