Very well done ... you explained everything, including a couple of items that could of been better and/or the potential knuckle buster. You even demonstrated it very well covering every aspect of the clamp with a nice dose of frame assembly best practices. I really got a lot out of it and managed to learn everything I needed to know about this specific clamp. Cheers Mate!

Great review and intro - Got my set and didn't know where to start. Your video was very helpful.

I just ordered a pair of these based in large part to your review 👍

Those are pretty slick clamps you have there. Sure beats the ratcheting straps . Thanks for sharing with us.

Nice review. Thanks!

I just tried them out a few weeks ago on a 12”x48” leaded glass panel I created. The clamp worked like a charm! But like you said, watch those fingers !

Excellent Video! 😊

Great review, the only thing I'd add is you didn't like the clamping mechanism for the strap saying you never know where the lever for the strap will end up. It should end up in the same spot every time, the strap is a constant thickness so I would imagine if you just do a half turn to loosen, then half turn to tighten. I don't see why you would unscrew several turns. Thank you for taking the time though.

I bought one at the Wood Working Show in Tampa, and it has sat in my drawer after trying it. I got bit too many times and it was a pain in the rear end to set up. I went back to the Bessee one I have.

Those types of clamps have been around for a long time. I'm surprised that the band was spring steel? Have fun with them!

I would lob off the handle, weld a 8mm socket on it and use one of those bendy screwdrivers to tighten it. Did something similar with a screw for my table saw, it was un-reachable without some form of contortion so i welded a square head on it and use a Stanley bendy to reach it. Oh and i would remove the banding from the clamp body, and reverse it, so the spool sits flush, that way, with a small bracket, you could affix the spool rigidly to the clamp body so it's all a more compact body. Seems like a bit of a hassle with all that flopping about. You can actually see what i mean on the picture from the box, where it's setup for 3 feet. The spool is the other way round. :)) Great video, hope you enjoy them for a long time, they seem solid.

Looks like a good clamp. Is the banding made of metal or Nylon? Looks a a finger cutter?

May I ask where you got the great looking mat you’re working on please?

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The corner spring clamps with the plyers seam to be what o use most often

I've got a dozen of these clamps had them for a few years always work but the rewinder is a problem and hard to get to work sometimes

@0:16 WOOOOOAAAAAHHHH lol Hiding the Jerky. lol

Every time you post a new vid you've got another 1,000 subs - 50k isn't far off! Interesting tool - odd how it's so well thought-out but still has some obvious shortcomings. That clamp handle to secure the strap is really not optimal. You mentioned "other projects" - are there some segmented bowls in your future??

where do you get extra clamps??

The band reel needs a blade lock similar to a tape measure.