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Re: Tools: Steel or Plastic spring clamps?
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 2/12/2015, 3:27 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Steel or Plastic spring clamps? (Dan Thaler)

Steel clamps from Home Depot (and probably every where else in the world) have a higher clamping force than plastic.
There are a few places where you might want that, but in general the lower pressure plastic is enough.

Often the steel will dent the wood being clamped.
Sometimes the rotating plastic tips won't work (not many but then it is really a problem)

So a lot of plastic and a few steel.

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Tools: Steel or Plastic spring clamps?
Wendell Nichols -- 2/12/2015, 10:40 am
Re: Tools: Steel or Plastic spring clamps?
Etienne Muller -- 2/12/2015, 12:06 pm
Re: Tools: Steel or Plastic spring clamps? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 2/12/2015, 12:07 pm
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Wendell Nichols -- 2/12/2015, 12:17 pm
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Justin -- 2/12/2015, 12:43 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/12/2015, 2:12 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 2/12/2015, 3:27 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/12/2015, 5:29 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 2/12/2015, 6:37 pm
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scottbaxter -- 2/12/2015, 7:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2015, 8:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2015, 8:38 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/13/2015, 4:56 am
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Randy -- 2/13/2015, 8:21 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/13/2015, 9:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/13/2015, 11:55 am