Slipping F-clamps

[andrew_2]

This is for all the poor impoverished amateurs like me out there.

I just saw a Wallybois short on Youtube about how to cure slipping f-clamps, where he advises re-filing the serrations on the clamp bar to improve the grip. I think my solution is better, because it turns a knackered F-clamp into an adjustable G-clamp with not much effort or cost and the same clamping power as a mini sash cramp. Long life to all cheap as chips clamps.

If anyone knows a better way to do it, I would love to hear it.

 

[brocher]

This is for all the poor impoverished amateurs like me out there.

I just saw a Wallybois short on Youtube about how to cure slipping f-clamps, where he advises re-filing the serrations on the clamp bar to improve the grip. I think my solution is better, because it turns a knackered F-clamp into an adjustable G-clamp with not much effort or cost and the same clamping power as a mini sash cramp. Long life to all cheap as chips clamps.

If anyone knows a better way to do it, I would love to hear it.

Excellent idea. I have a couple of very similar looking clamps and they have always slipped. I tend to use these clamps as a last resort when I need clamping to be done!

 

[TheUnicorn]

looks good, certainly save a clamp going into the bin, though I'd loose the pin in seconds, maybe put it on a cord attached to the sliding jaw?