🔧 BESSEY TOOLS CM30 Heavy-Duty Forged C Clamp Review

C-Clips are a versatile item that everyone should have in their travel bag. Not that you need them every day, but when you do need them, they're worth every penny. They're great and just last week I lit one of these while holding an item I've been fiddling with for months. Probably save this as a permanent solution.

I needed a clip for my full length mirror. The leg split, and while I was gluing it several times, it kept falling (taking the mirror with it). So this clip is holding my mirror. I wanted something small enough that I wouldn't bump into it when walking around the mirror. The logical person would use a clamp to hold the wood glue together and then peel it off after the glue dries. But this person is fed up with the constant leg pulling, and I use it endlessly.

I ordered these after spending many minutes sorting through a stack of clips at Harbor Freight. I was looking for parallel clamping surfaces. It seems fundamental that the bolt should be parallel to the clamp frame and the underside of the clamping surface perpendicular to the axis of the bolt to create a linear clamping force. Difficult to find in Harbor Freight, but possible. I figured buying a trusted brand would result in the perfect clamp. Not so. Look at the pictures how bad they are and…