Comments on: Excuse the Mess

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:12:14 +0000

It seems pretty stable. I have it clamped to my table now, which has an overhang of about 8 inches of unsupported 1-inch MDF, so I think the wobbliness I’m experiencing now is mostly due to the flex in the table itself. The clamp itself seems pretty darn solid, actually. I will report back after the rest of the shop is clean (hopefully tonight!).

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:59:35 +0000

Your shop is looking good. Is that carving clamp very stable? Can you use chisels and a malet or do you have to hold it with one hand?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:43:45 +0000

Funny clamp story (now that’s an overlooked comedy routine) about the high-tech blue-ish plastic clamp 5th from the left. The day I bought the XXL bandsaw at Woodcraft, I entered a drawing for a new clamp. When I got home 30 mins. later, I had a message on the machine saying I’d won. I should mention now that I never, ever win anything. I’m lucky in a lot of other ways so it hasn’t ever really bothered me. I’d always suspected contests like this were a racket, and I think this is proof. You buy an $1100 bandsaw (I didn’t pay anything close to that much), you win a $20 clamp. Big surprise. Sorry to everyone else who entered and did not by an enormous bandsaw that day.