Comments on: Pony’s Band Clamp: A Good Bet for Furniture Work http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brau http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-41250 Brau Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:31:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-41250 Sometimes solutions to problems can be right before your eyes but you don't see them until someone points it out. I was struggling with some gluing and clamping yesterday but never once did I think of using my cargo ratchets. This site and the comments are saving me time and effort. Heck, even corner pieces would be easy to make out of wood. Sometimes solutions to problems can be right before your eyes but you don’t see them until someone points it out. I was struggling with some gluing and clamping yesterday but never once did I think of using my cargo ratchets. This site and the comments are saving me time and effort. Heck, even corner pieces would be easy to make out of wood.

]]> By: Porthos http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40636 Porthos Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:39:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40636 I was gluing some splayed chair legs back in place one day and found myself need a band clamp. Since I don't own one, I just used a ratcheting tie-down. Worked like a charm. You don't get the corner blocks, which are great for gluing up picture frames and the like, but for me, a cargo strap/tie-down did the trick perfectly. Oh, and just putting some plastic wrap or wax paper--or even better: plastic-wrapped pieces of cork or cork covered with clear packing tape--on the inside faces of your clamps/clamp blocks/cauls should erase any glue up woes. I was gluing some splayed chair legs back in place one day and found myself need a band clamp. Since I don’t own one, I just used a ratcheting tie-down. Worked like a charm.

You don’t get the corner blocks, which are great for gluing up picture frames and the like, but for me, a cargo strap/tie-down did the trick perfectly.

Oh, and just putting some plastic wrap or wax paper–or even better: plastic-wrapped pieces of cork or cork covered with clear packing tape–on the inside faces of your clamps/clamp blocks/cauls should erase any glue up woes.

]]> By: Chuck Cage http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40614 Chuck Cage Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:28:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40614 Mea Culpa. That's what happens when one edits at 3:30 a.m. Fixed the cut/paste error. Mea Culpa. That’s what happens when one edits at 3:30 a.m. Fixed the cut/paste error.

]]> By: Trevor D. http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40600 Trevor D. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:31:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/26/pony-rapid-acting-band-clamp/#comment-40600 Yes, band clamps are great, but... "Most types of clamps is they suck for gluing up furniture." Really? Is this the best grammar you could come up with for your intro? Yes, band clamps are great, but…

“Most types of clamps is they suck for gluing up furniture.”

Really? Is this the best grammar you could come up with for your intro?

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