Toolmakers clamps

[Wade BeattyParticipant @wadebeatty78296]

I have material enough and was just about ready to start making some toolmakers clamps for a project when I found an add in the local classifieds for clamps. The toolmaker clamps are Moore and Wright and the other clever clamps are very powerful. All for 40£ with shipping. 

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Nice find. The clamps with the butterfly nuts are really useful for tin work.

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

You can never have enough clamps! I mean that, too, sometimes having to improvise.

Strictly, the hinged ones with wing-nuts are “Hand-Vices” not clamps. The toolmakers’ clamps are the parallel-jaw, two-screw tools.

An excellent find.

[Bo’sunParticipant @bosun58570]

Nice find indeed.  I can understand the accumulation of toolmakers clamps, but twelve hand vices?  I’ve only ever used them one at a time.  Well maybe two some while ago for a batch job.

I’ve often thought that a parallel jawed hand vice would be useful.  Not that I’ve ever had one slip, but the single line clamping has always felt a bit dubious in some cases.

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

Looks like something from a closed down training workshop.

Martin C

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