jaw blocks can be easily cut and fitted
to hold curved or irregular edges.
The Bench Clamp can be fitted to
most square edge surfaces including
folding benches such as the
Workmate®.
The Bench Clamp can be used in
many similar ways to the Clamp
Guide and can be used in conjunction
with it, using the Bench Clamp to
hold the workpiece to the bench and
the Clamp Guide to guide the power
tool across it.
try square that the guide is square to
the edge of the workpiece. Set the
toggle to the second position if you
wish to tighten it. Soft facings are
supplied with the Clamp Guide to
protect edges of delicate workpieces.
Bench Clamps
Similar in operation to the Clamp
Guide, the Bench Clamp is designed
to hold a flat workpiece to a work
surface leaving the face of the
workpiece unobstructed. The Bench
Clamp is fitted with fixed and sliding
jaws on both sides of the aluminium
extrusions. One set is used to clamp
it to a flat parallel edged work
surface, while the top jaws clamp to
the workpiece. The lack of any
protrusion above the surface allows
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total free access when freehand
routing, sanding, hand planing
and for many other machining and
finishing operations.
The Bench Clamp is available in three
sizes with capacities, between the
jaws, of 460mm (18 inches), 915mm
(36 inches) and 1270mm (50 inches).
Clamped to vertical rails fitted to the
front or end of a workbench or
across the legs, the Bench Clamp can
also be used to hold workpieces
vertically, ideal when squaring or
doweling the ends of panels.
Although generally used in pairs, the
Bench Clamp can be used on its own
to hold small items. Again soft facings
are supplied to avoid marking the
edge of delicate work, while curved
New Jaw Extension
An extension jaw enables
the Clamp Guide, Bench
Clamp and Pro Track to
clamp onto curved edges
such as kitchen worktops.
Ref. CG/03 ___£3.95
INProfile
25