Amazon.com Review These clamps from Jet may well be the best on the market today, combining the best features of some of our favorite brands. Infallible 90-degree clamping set-up with 1,000 pounds of pressure takes the worry out of glue-up and gives you reliable, accurate hold every time. We love the Precision-Rule Measurement System on the rails, because you get a fast, exact read on your opening, something all clamps ought to have. Another great feature is the deeper-than-usual throat and wider jaws for more workpiece contact and versatility you won't get with standard-style jaws. Jet's come up with a sweet Slide-Glide Trigger that locks the jaw in place, yet with a squeeze of the trigger, moves like a dream. The sliding end stop is convenient, too, in both clamping and spreading applications. Any downsides? Only if you don't like the substantial weight or the higher-end price, but you definitely get what you pay for. In the surprise department, we expected these burly clamps to take some strength to manipulate, but just the opposite: They're ergonomically perfect, engineered to make the mechanism do the work for you. Jet calls this large, soft-grip handle the SUMOGRIP, and we sure do like it because you don't have to be as strong as a sumo to put these clamps to work for you.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
Jet ClampsMarch 27, 2008 These clamps are great they hold doors very square. I recomend them. the price is much better than the competition.
Great ValueMarch 21, 2008 I also have the Irwin parallel clamps and both clamps are great. The Jet clamps have a lot of nifty features that I really like. The quick release works really well and that's one of my favorite features. I don't think any of the other parallel clamps have that. The handles are big and much more comfortable than the Irwins. And one feature that I thought I wouldn't use are the measurements but I actually use it a lot because I like to lay out the clamps before hand and then glue up the pieces. The Irwins feel beefier and the clamping surface is bigger but the Jet clamps are much easier to use and I would prefer it over the Irwins.
You'd think you couldn't improve on clamps....March 8, 2008 ...boy was I wrong. These clamps are extraordinarily well built. The jaws are a little larger than the ones you'll find on a typical Bessey or Jorgen, and the quick-release trigger is a great feature. The handle is much more comfortable than the traditional wooden handle, you can really crank these down without getting any blisters. The blocks for aligning the clamps and screw-in bench dogs are a nice feature. These things are pretty stable by themselves, but with the bench dogs aligning all the pieces is a lot less stressful.
I own a lot of cheap Harbor Freight clamps for bulk work, but you need a few high-quality clamps for edge-gluing boards, cabinets etc. I don't think you can do better than these.
Too beefyFebruary 6, 2008 Is it possible for a product to be too beefy? If so then this is it. That's not a bad thing for sure. I you want a clamp system that is straight, true and STRONG then buy these clamps.
Just one thing...they will outlast you. Guaranteed.
Best clamp set ever.January 30, 2008 I already had a small collection of the Bessey cabinet clamps, a couple of the Woodcraft clamps made by Bessey, and an assortment of pipe clamps. The Jet clamps beat all other clamps hands down. The clamping surface is physically much larger than the Bessey, the clamps much beefier overall. My Bessey clamps look like cheapie HF knockoffs compared to the Jets. Handles are better, making it easier to get more clamping pressure. Only complaint is that the trigger does not make it easier to slide the clamp - it's much sticker to slide than a Bessey. The upside is that I've never had a finger mashed by the Jet (you've got to be careful not to do this with a Bessey, because they slide too easily when you turn the clamps end-up).
I bought the cabinet door set; it's much better than the Bessey set I bought a couple years earlier. The clamp holders are easier to use and very stable. I've put together a few doors using QSWO and did a six-foot long glue-up of some pecan boards, and this set was a pleasure to use. Unless someone comes out with something even better, which I don't see happening for a while, these are the only clamps I'll buy from now on.
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