6-Inch, 2-Inch Deep Bessey U-Style Step-Over Bar Clamp

Ronaldo Mesquita: Confesso que fiquei um pouco frustrado, na foto parece ser melhor do que o que realmente é.
Esperava um Bessey made in Germany, mas não é.

Brazil on Dec 01, 2023

Randy Edgar: Easy to adjust when using.

United States on Oct 24, 2023

Lisa: I have been mega patient with this tool. No matter how many ways I try to use it (a clamp is pretty straight forward to use but I release all the opening, work with it at medium height closed, fully opened, etc) it doesn't work . Dont waste your time (or energy) buying this.

Canada on Oct 12, 2023

sergio: Grampo para uso em situações que não ser necessário forte aperto.

Brazil on Sep 23, 2023

Moises g.Moises g.: The media could not be loaded.  En la foto dice GERMANY pero está hecho en china, la verdad es que la calidad de la herramienta en la foto es muy superior a la pieza real

Mexico on Jun 27, 2023

Victor H. AgrestiVictor H. Agresti: Bessey U-Style Bar Clamp,Step Over,8 In,2 Deep, steel with red wood handle

The Customer Image shows the 8" clamp and the 6" clamp. The 8" opens to 8" and the 6" to 6" -- otherwise they are the same. Made in China. My work shop has well over 100 clamps of every design, size, strength, etc. Some are for metal, some are for wood, some are small and some are huge, some are long, some are short. Every clamping job should have the proper one for best results – and for some projects, these little clamps are just right. They are the only small clamps I found with the top in a U shape rather than flat -- so it can clear some work projections.

Here’s my take on some of the 1 & 2 star reviewer complaints:

- “The Amazon photo says made in Germany”. The clamps are made in China, and that bait and switch photo should be replaced.

- “Clamp doesn't open to specified size”. This is probably because Amazon sent the wrong clamp. Return it.

- “Any vibration will loosen them”. I've used these clamps hundreds of times, but you have to get them TIGHT, as you would any clamp, for them to stay in place.

- “Won't clamp”. Push the sliding bar...

United States on Jun 07, 2022

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Brazil on Mar 12, 2022

Stix: Ok clamps. Works fine. Bought four of them. One of them won't slide very well making it hard to adjust and clamp. Feels a bit cheap. The handles are pretty slick so it is hard to clamp down if your hands are sweaty or full of sawdust. I personally would not buy again.

United States on Feb 04, 2021

Dave W: I use these clamps in the dogholes of my mini Paulk-bench. I had to grind 2 or 3" off the end as my bench is pretty thin, but overall these things are amazing at this price they're lightweight and but the material feels well-machined and resistant to breaking or bending.
They provide plenty of clamping pressure on a workpiece resting on an unfinished birch top.

I wouldn't use them as gluing clamps or anything like that as they're just simply engineered and I wouldn't trust that they want to hold like a good squeeze or f-clamp, but these absolutely have their place.

Can't beat it!

United States on Jan 31, 2021

carmen gonzalez: As a longtime woodworking pro, I have to point out that there is no such thing as a clamp that is too light or too heavy. Clamps should be sized to the job. A delicate repair needs a lightweight clamp, and a big honking job needs a massive piece of iron.

These have the same size bar as Bessey's light duty GSC series clamps. They work well for clamping an auxiliary table or fence to a tablesaw, shaper or drill press. However, for fences, I wish they were heavier duty— I use big clamps to hold a fence on the shaper, for instance, but on the drill press these are fine. For table saw and especially shaper use, clamp your fences very tight and secure.

That said, I'd like them better if the curved jaw was a larger radius— they clear the lip on my cast iron tables, but not by much. They do not have very deep engagement, but the convenience of not having to balance a spacer block between the webs of a cast tableis significant.

I had hoped to be able to use these with my MFT table, but no way will the curved jaw fit, what with that big plastic pad. That's okay, they are cheap enough and free up better clamps when used for auxiliary tables on stationery machines.

United States on Mar 09, 2019