Love my parallel clamps

[Alan Lilly]

It sure is tricky clamping these shop drawer boxes together and keeping them square...
The 4 box sides are mitered at 45 degree and aligned with festool dominos.

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[Allen (AJ) Breese]

I just bought a pair of those yesterday, have you every used the Bessy or Jets,if so how do these compare?

[Alan Lilly]

I haven't used the Bessey or Jet, but I find nothing wrong with these and they get great reviews. Most important to me... I got them at a fraction of the cost at a discount store. That's why I have so many :)

[Matt Day]

What brand are those?

[Peter Quinn]

They say you can never have too many clamps! I recently bought a hand full of those jorgenson cabinet masters, I'm pleased with them too. They compare favorably with the Bessey revos and k bodies, bit cheaper too. Clamping up long miters is always a challenge, looks like you have it licked!

[Bill Huber]

I just bought a pair of those yesterday, have you every used the Bessy or Jets,if so how do these compare?

I have Bessy, Jets and Cabinet Master and my go to clamps are the Cabinet Master.
They are heavier then the Bessy clamps and the head moves much easier then the Jets.

I like the handles on the Jets but I hate to have to mess with the trigger thing to move the head.

[George Bokros]

I have both Bessys and some Cabinet Masters. I like the KP Blocks Bessy has for clamping rail and stile doors. The Cabinet Masters do not fit the KP Blocks. When I first got the Cabinet Masters they would not move easily, I had to knock them with a mallet to release the heads. I emailed Jorgensen and complained and was told just to rap them with a mallet. I responded that i did not have to do that to my Bessys and they sent me new heads for the clamps now they work fine. Just wish they had something similar to Bessys KP Blocks. I know I could make some from wood but the KP blocks are plastic and glue does not stick them.

[Marty Tippin]

What is your source for the clamps? Best price I can find on the Jorgenson Cabinet Master clamps is at Amazon.com - is there a cheaper source?

[Kent A Bathurst]

I have Bessey and Gross Stabil - now defunct. Too bad - I like the GS better, but the differrence is minor/personal preference thing.

[Larry Browning]

I have both the Jorgys and the Bessys. I like the Bessys better because they are lighter and I have less trouble with moving the heads and once they are in place, getting the head to engage for tightening. Much more wrestling involved with the jorgys.

BTW: Why would you want to do 45 miters on shop cabinet boxes? Seems like a whole lot of extra work for a shop cabinet. There are much stronger joint styles. Practice maybe?

[Rick Potter]

I am wondering what you store in such deep drawers?

[Mike Heidrick]

Love Jorgys. 11% off again at Menards this week.

[Mike Heidrick]

I know I could make some from wood but the KP blocks are plastic and glue does not stick them.

Make some from plastic.

[John Sanford]

Two observations:

1) Gross Stabil is not defunct. They are no longer selling clamps here (may not be making them at all), but the company itself is still around.

2) Corner clamps. A set of corner clamps (whether 4 or 8) would make keeping those puppies together much simpler, and reduce the number of bar clamps required.

One question (echoing Marty Tippin):
What is the discount store that is a good source for these cheap?

[Kent A Bathurst]

Two observations:

1) Gross Stabil is not defunct. They are no longer selling clamps here (may not be making them at all), but the company itself is still around.

My mistake. I thought I read a few years back that Bessey bought them out - maybe that was the clamp bidness......

Anyway - haven't been able to find them for a long time.

THanks for the details.

[Alan Lilly]

The best pricing on the Jorgie Cabinet Master Parallel Clamps I could find is generally at Menards when on Sale.
I got my best price when I found a bunch at Ollies Bargain Outlet on clearance, but that is hit or miss and Ollies isn't available everywhere.

[fRED mCnEILL]

"I had to knock them with a mallet to release the heads. I emailed Jorgensen and complained and was told just to rap them with a mallet."
I had the same problem with some I got for Christmas. I solved the problem by returning them and getting Besseys.

Regards

Fred.