Bessey WS Angle Clamp
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The Bessey WS angle clamps differ quite a bit from your standard corner clamps. They’re designed to hold, fix, and align material at a 90° angle, and they adjust to variations in wood thickness. They also feature a slot in the clamp, so you can drive fasteners in the joint while the glue’s drying, without the entire piece shifting.
They look pretty handy for furniture assembly and framing, plus they’re pretty small so you can throw them in a drawer or toolbox when they aren’t needed. We can definitely see ourselves taking advantage of the added slot in the clamp. If you think you need these, you might have to hurry, though — we’ve heard a rumor that Bessey’s going to discontinue them soon.
WS Angle Clamp [Coastal Tool]
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We’ve got a ton of spring clamps in the clamp drawer, but when we saw Bessey’s VarioClippix today it caught our attention. It’s a spring clamp, but one jaw is adjustable, moving up and down a support bar that’s angled to keep the jaws parallel throughout the adjustable range.
When you’re fabricating, you need clamps — lots of clamps. They play a key part in the process: design it, measure it, cut it, clamp it, weld it, finish it. Locking grip type clamps are great for quickly clamping an item to the welding table, but sometimes you just need more distance between the jaws. 
