[Rebelwork]

Anybody use the HF 12” hand screw clamps?

Anygood…

 

[yomanbill]

They are pretty simple devices and there is not much to go wrong; poor quality wood or handles poorly attached. These are mostly discernible at purchase time. I have no first hand experience with them however.

 

[Half Fast Eddie]

The threads are a little finer than the ones on a jorgensen, but they work.

 

[Rebelwork]

The threads are a little finer than the ones on a jorgensen, but they work.

I ran into a situation where the depth would be handy. Just concerned they are going to pop apart on the first use..

 

[Rebelwork]

I’m going to be up that Monday. I may check them out and start buying 1 or 2 at a time. , i think I need about 20

 

[woodnthings]

Anybody use the HF 12” hand screw clamps?

Anygood…
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12 in. Handscrew Wood Clamp

Amazing deals on this 12In Handscrew Clamp at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

Almost all of my twistn'turn clamps are from Harbor Freight at far less than the price of Jorgenson's.
They work just fine, and are made from quality hardwood. I have 6 of the the 12"s and the 8"s.
I have used them for about 8 to 10 years, no issues.

 

[Award1]

I’ve bought several and they work fine. My feedback would be to inspect them while at the store. I noticed a high variation in manufacturing consistency. Tips wouldn’t be square, burs, threading catches during rotation. Etc….
Nothing I saw is a game changer to inhibit function, but I’m not gonna buy tools just to need to modify them. Usually you can find a few that are trued up and run well, just takes some inspection time.

 

[_Ogre]

They are pretty simple devices and there is not much to go wrong; poor quality wood or handles poorly attached. These are mostly discernible at purchase time. I have no first hand experience with them however.

I have a couple inherited from my neighbor.
The handles are poorly attached and spin
Nuff said

 

[Rwhpi]

Anybody use the HF 12” hand screw clamps?

Anygood…
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I own 6 of them, bought about 5 years ago. Okay for lighter work, but they do wear out in time. Finer threads cause stripping under pressure. When one goes, I just buy a few more for backups. My handscrews of better quality are used for hardwoods.

- Bob

 

[DrRobert]

What would a body use them for that an F clamp can’t do?

Got some, don’t see much use for them other than I’ll clamp the clamp to a bench top to hold something vertical.

Maybe it’s an old timers thing…..😁😁😁

 

[Rebelwork]

I have a couple inherited from my neighbor.
The handles are poorly attached and spin
Nuff said

older HF or newer HF hand screw clamps?

 

[Rebelwork]

What would a body use them for that an F clamp can’t do?

Got some, don’t see much use for them other than I’ll clamp the clamp to a bench top to hold something vertical.

Maybe it’s an old timers thing…..😁😁😁

My F clamps aren’t deep enough, plus F style clamps don’t do what hand screws do..

 

[Rebelwork]

On this table I’ll have to come up with a solution, but hope to have more in the future for future builds

 

[Rebelwork]

Another option, but not sire if they would have enough force , would be deep cam clamps. I’ve got everything but aluminum flat which Menards sells for $21 for 8’.

But they don’t swivel…

 

[Tony B]

I have several of these from HF and they work just fine for me.
I use them when clamping a somewhat smaller round base on a larger round piece to make platters on my lathe.

 

[DrRobert]

older HF or newer HF hand screw clamps?

I’ve never had a problem with them. I like the handles over Bessey. Pads are junk.

 

[Rebelwork]

Here's what this clamp does that is of use to me.

 

[Rebelwork]

As you can see using f style clamp it will work, but if I'm d o ing several tables I might want to invest in the HF clamps..

 

[John Smith_inFL]

Jack - I looked at that clamp this morning at HF and as mentioned above, it has finer threads and is slower to open & close. It had quite a bit of "slop" in the threaded joint. Much more than the Jorgensen models.
But - Will it clamp and hold pressure?? Yes, of course. Once closed and clamped, it holds like a Jorgensen from what I can tell. And, the price is right if you need a few of them.

 

[Rebelwork]

Sounds good. Last time I looked at these was on Amazon when they had buy 10 deal for one money. speed is always good, but at my age price is important too,..