Popular Woodworking Magazine » Toggle Clamp http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Innovative Toggle Clamps from Besseyhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/innovative-toggle-clamps-from-bessey http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/innovative-toggle-clamps-from-bessey#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:14:02 +0000 Steve Shanesy http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=136881 Convenient workholding is essential for every woodworking project, whether it’s a stout leg vise or a small spring clamp. Sometimes old methods, like using a holdfast are best and other times innovative new clamps come along. I’m thinking of the “K” body clamp Bessey introduced more than a decade ago that was a vast improvement … Read more »

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Tool Test: Bessey Auto-adjust Toggle Clamps

by Steve Shanesy Page 12From the April 2012 issue, #196Toggle clamps are an indispensable workholding device for jigs, but they are a bit fussy to adjust to the desired height and clamp pressure. Leave it to Bessey to come up with clever innovations that give the traditional toggle clamp a big leap forward.With these new versions, variation in thickness of the work is a non-issue. You can clamp a wide range of thicknesses, from a thin veneer to 23⁄4" stock, without a single adjustment. Just lift the lever handle, change material and lower the lever. Done. A simple screw adjustment provides a clamping pressure range from 50-550 pounds per square inch, and the selected pressure does not change when the material’s thickness changes.Web site: Bessey Tools Video: See this toggle clamp in action. Read more »

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