Cheap-Ass Tools: 6″ Bar Clamps For Under $2
By Sean O'Hara
We’ll say it again: you can’t own too many clamps. That’s why I’m tempted to throw a twenty down just to see how many of these sub-$2 6″ bar clamps actually arrive and how long they last. Even if you only get one use out of each clamp it’s almost worth the money.
Yeah, these F-clamps are what 50s commercials referred to as “Brand-X” (read: made in China). But hey – even if they used lead-based paint, you know better than to suck on them, right? It’s good to be an adult.
6″ Bar Clamp [National Wholesale Tools]
August 15th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
According to my calculations, You’ll get 11.36 of these clamps if you throw down a twenty. Not including shipping. Now, as for how they’ll last, I would like to hear how that works out.
I have a clamp problem. I can’t stop buying them. It may be bordering on a clamp fetish…
August 15th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
If you get $20 worth, better plunk down another $20 for shipping.
Me likes clamps… Me no like shipping costs…
August 15th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Harbor Freight has a set of two 12″ bar clamps for $6. And I can get those without paying shipping.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
As the father of a 16 month old whose toys have been part of the recent recalls for lead paint…..
.. That was funny
It IS good to be an adult.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
But the black part tastes SO good…
August 16th, 2007 at 7:41 am
10 of these clamps = over $40 once you add in shipping and handling charges.
I’ll hit Harbor Freight.
Fernando
August 16th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Harbor Freight? I’ll go to Woodcraft or Sears and get the good stuff . . . oh wait, they sell the same Chinese stuff and just charge more for it.