Saturday, March 28, 2015
Rockler Bandy Clamps are a Simple Solution for Edge Banding
toolguyd.com: Rockler’s been busy lately, developing some new products. Stuart recently covered the Auto-Locking T-Track Clamps and the T-Track Work Stops, but the product that has me scratching my head wondering why didn’t I think of it first? is the new Bandy Clamp (54258).
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Well that’s a pretty good idea. It takes the place of those 3 way clamps which is nice because those were always a pain to line up and they couldn’t be used with a lot of molding profiles…only flat ones. Where those clamps win over the bandy clamp is with holding something thicker than the edge of the board it is being held to. So of you are casing a bookshelf made of ¾” plywood with a 1x3 then this clamp can’t really help you. But that is just one flaw. Besides that this tool seems pretty near perfect. I love all the uses for it. It seems like the type of tool where you use if once and have no clue how you survived without it. Now that I think about it, I have taken a spring clamp and pushed it all the way up against a board to hold some sort of edge banding on. But the $.99 spring clamps you get at home depot probably are not as good for that as the bandy clamps.
These clamps are definitely what I’ve looked for several times, when it comes to attaching a piece of trim or other shorter more troublesome pieces that otherwise you would have to use a larger clamp for. By adding the band, it allows for a strong tension on the piece you are trying to hold together. This allows you to free up both of your hands to work efficiently and without the stress of making sure your work is aligned the way you want it to be. These are also versatile in that you don’t have to use them for banding in the fashion it’s saying them to be used for, they can be used as just general clamps. After reading what they reviewed on it, and how it won’t slip even when it’s stretched to a good limit, they seem worth their cost. The downside is the cost, at what is $20 a pop for just one, I just hope durability and longevity are built into the clamp.
Funny to read - (Rockler’s been busy lately, developing some new products) :)))
Tell me honestly, stole someone else's idea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfcpXCT6nM
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