Comments on: Finds: Box Clamps http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: SuperJdynamite http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-25094 SuperJdynamite Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:32:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-25094 "We found these at Woodcraft for $30 (on sale right now from $35)." That's not much of a sale. “We found these at Woodcraft for $30 (on sale right now from $35).”

That’s not much of a sale.

]]> By: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24799 Paul Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:09:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24799 I have corner clamps, and use them sometimes, but lots of times when I am assembling a box on my bench I just use some pieces of cut off angle iron to hold the sides up, square, etc. Now I'm not talking about bedframe angle iron here, but 3 to 5 inch leg 3/8" thick angle iron pieces. I'm just throwing out what I do, and works for me in this situation. I have made a fair number of wooden boxes too. A couple of hundred maybe? I have corner clamps, and use them sometimes, but lots of times when I am assembling a box on my bench I just use some pieces of cut off angle iron to hold the sides up, square, etc. Now I’m not talking about bedframe angle iron here, but 3 to 5 inch leg 3/8″ thick angle iron pieces.

I’m just throwing out what I do, and works for me in this situation. I have made a fair number of wooden boxes too. A couple of hundred maybe?

]]> By: Dan http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24763 Dan Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:26:59 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24763 http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=53673&cat=1,43838 10.95 a pair for pretty much the same thing, unless I'm missing something. These are plastic rather than metal, but if you're just holding things in place to glue, that shouldn't matter too much. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=53673&cat=1,43838

10.95 a pair for pretty much the same thing, unless I’m missing something. These are plastic rather than metal, but if you’re just holding things in place to glue, that shouldn’t matter too much.

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24760 nrChris Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:19:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24760 Patrick, The box clamps clamp in three dimensions, where the ones you posted, while useful, only clamp in two dimensions. So you can do a corner piece. But with the box clamps, you can clamp the top corner while strapping the bottom face across a true and square joint. At least that is the difference that I see. Patrick,

The box clamps clamp in three dimensions, where the ones you posted, while useful, only clamp in two dimensions. So you can do a corner piece. But with the box clamps, you can clamp the top corner while strapping the bottom face across a true and square joint. At least that is the difference that I see.

]]> By: Patrick Fitzgerald http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24721 Patrick Fitzgerald Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:52:02 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24721 So what's the difference between this and a $3 corner clamp from Harbor Freight? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1852 So what’s the difference between this and a $3 corner clamp from Harbor Freight? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1852

]]> By: Coleman http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24717 Coleman Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:35:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/finds-box-clamps/#comment-24717 That's one of the neatest and most useful looking tools I've seen for woodworking, especially amateurs like myself who don't have every tool under the sun. I also tend to work on fairly simple projects, so I could see myself getting tons of mileage out of these. Thanks! That’s one of the neatest and most useful looking tools I’ve seen for woodworking, especially amateurs like myself who don’t have every tool under the sun. I also tend to work on fairly simple projects, so I could see myself getting tons of mileage out of these. Thanks!

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