Quality of Jorgensen Parallel Bar Clamps?

[Prashun Patel]

Thank you for the tip. I ordered a few from Lowes. This is a great price.

I have Jorgensen F clamps and one-handed medium duty clamps and I am pleased with the quality. I suspect no less from the cabinet clamps.

[Mike Soaper]

I looked at the Jorgensen parallel clamps last year during the Thanksgiving sales. Some of the fixed heads were perpendicular to the bar, others canted towards the movable head by a couple of degrees or so. It might have been a batch issue, ymmv. It may not be a practical issue, but you may want to put a square to head to know what you have. TWW has a video regarding this. I changed direction and went with the Dubuque clamps.

[Mike Henderson]

I bit the bullet and bought the Bessey Revo clamps bit-by-bit when my local Rockler would have a 20% off sale. The have a 6mm Alan socket in the end of the handle and I use that a fair amount to add clamping pressure. I have a bunch of the older Bessey clamps, also, and still use those.

Mike