New K-Body Clamps

[richard poitras]

http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/...ies+Going.aspx

New Bessey K-Body clamps coming soon..take a look! What do you think?

[Bruce Page]

Richard, your link didn't work for me.

I love my "older" Bessey's

[Joe Jensen]

I have lots of bessey clamps. 8-10 of the 12,24, and 32". 6 each of the 40, 50, and of the 60. I'd like a few of the really long ones for when I do larger case work. I just can't stomach the shipping charges. Any suggestions on how to get some 96" ones? I'd like 6 cheap. Nearly all of mine are 15 years old. The old style is fine for me...joe

[John Keeton]

Joe, what about using the clamp extenders - $16. You could use the 50" and 60" to make up long ones. http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=20157

[Dana Vogel]

Looks very similar to the old Sta-Bil clamps. I heard Bessey had bought out Sta-Bil and closed them out but only to reemerge as a Bessey/Sta-Bil hybrid That seems like a weird marketing scheme.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Reminds me of the time Coca-Cola introduced "New" Coke.

But... I'm willing to give them a look, but in the meantime take better care of my 'classic' K-bodies.

[Gary Herrmann]

Hm. Hopefully someone will have a huge closeout sale on the old style. The 25% off at WC didn't tempt me enough...

[Greg Cole]

[quote=richard poitras] I shied away from earlier-model K Bodies due to their slippery wooden handles; it felt like I couldn't tighten them enough to get adequate pressure with my glue-ups. [quote]

A problem easily solved by drilling a hole in the handle and use the shaft of a long screw driver or something similar & use that as a lever through the handle.
Works for me.

Greg

[Peter Quadarella]

I saw an article where someone chiseled long gouges up and down the length of the handles for better grip also.

[Brent Smith]

I'm not impressed with the new clamps. As far as I'm concerned there was nothing wrong with the old ones. The wooden handles were fine for torquing. If you need more pressure than that there's something wrong with the joint.

[Gary Herrmann]

Reminds me of the time Coca-Cola introduced "New" Coke.

But... I'm willing to give them a look, but in the meantime take better care of my 'classic' K-bodies.

I worked at Publix as a stockboy when that happened. You would have thought that the original Coke was liquid plutoneum the way those cases and 12 paks flew off the shelves. I remember one woman screaming at a manager about being out of stock...

[Dar Lounsbury]

The last batch of classic Besseys I got off the web has the new handles. Nice, comfortable and can be tightened without hands slipping. That said, I still love my old style wood handled Besseys. I have no complaints except I would like to have a bunch more. I need 4 of the 96" but $$$$.

I am with Gary. Waiting and watching. Someone will want to bail out of their old style stock and have a really good price. Time will tell.

Dar

[Ron Kanter]

It's already happening.
Hartville Tools has the 24" for $24 as one of today's deals at the Woodnet forum.
Woodcraft, not usually your bargain center, has the 24" for $27, the 40" for $33.74, and the 50", that they usually sell for $47.99, at a close out price of $47.99. Hmmm, not much of a discount on the 50" ers.
HTH,
Ron

[jason lambert]

Not impressed. Yes some minor nice improvnment but the jets are still nicer. Intergrated ruler better cam, these are things bessey should of done I think they are falling behind.

[jason lambert]

Not impressed. Yes some minor nice improvnment but the jets are still nicer. Intergrated ruler better cam, these are things bessey should of done I think they are falling behind.