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0:14hi to another edition of the Everlast
0:17our video series in today's edition
0:19we're not discussing welcome but we are
0:22discussing welding clamps of course you
0:26can't have welding without welding
0:28clamps now there are all kinds of
0:30welding claims so I'm going to show you
0:31some of those today what I'm going to
0:33show you is a lot of the welding clamps
0:35that I use a lot of professional use
0:37just on a daily basis there's a lot of
0:39specialized clamps out there I could go
0:42for two hours without showing you every
0:44clamp in this video today so we're going
0:47to just cover the highlights and give
0:48you kind of a basic category of clamps
0:51here I want to start with the C clamps
0:53in particular these RC type clamps and
0:57you can see that they have a magnet I'd
1:00thread down here that will screw in now
1:02this isn't a standard screw type thread
1:05that you have on a bolt or something
1:06it's actually that a different pitch and
1:08a different depth and shape of the
1:11thread it's designed for pressure type
1:13situations now C clamps range from very
1:19cheap to very expensive what I have here
1:23is a very cheap brand clamp is actually
1:28a cast iron clamp and there are two
1:30types of C clamps in the industry you
1:33don't have a cast iron clamp these two
1:38here and you want to have a cast steel
1:41clamp like I have here now the
1:44difference is that these under pressure
1:48on the path ironmans can break with you
1:51the disadvantage of a plant like this is
1:54the fact that these are pretty slow
1:57you've got to take quite some time to
1:59readjust these and keep turning you can
2:02turn these things for ten minutes
2:03sometimes it seems like can still have
2:06it adjusted all the way down to where
2:08you need it to be used and you can't
2:10keep going back for sometimes between
2:12different clamps if you've got all your
2:15small clamps used
2:16but I'm going to have to use a bigger
2:18one to hold the same thing so they won't
2:22travel like this it's kind of a
2:23disadvantage and it robs you of
2:25production now next we have what I call
2:33the sliding bar plans they range in size
2:37and you can actually see how fast these
2:40are to adjust here now they work off
2:42economy a cantilever principle here and
2:44the actual friction does the holding for
2:47you now you can actually slide one of
2:50these up or down very quickly and you
2:53can actually do it one-handed for most
2:55of them so you can actually have a free
2:57hand holding whatever you're trying to
2:59clamp you can actually slide this up and
3:01down with your free hand to get it set
3:04and then you can turn it once you get
3:06close now you obviously you don't have
3:09quite as long a turn here you still have
3:12the add new threads here that's fine
3:15because if you're trying to get a little
3:18bit more pressure you can actually put
3:20some bond now this is a new acquisition
3:25I'm a I'm going to test it out this is
3:27actually designed to clamp and this can
3:31actually be taken off this ring can be
3:33taken off and this can be flipped around
3:35and it can be used to sprint now this is
3:39a additional piece here that you can
3:42take off which holds pieces of pipe for
3:46you and you can actually clamp a piece
3:48of pipe with this and this will unscrew
3:51so you have a regular clamp like I said
3:54this can be used to clamp or this one
3:56can be used to spread this is a good
3:58idea now this is a particular brand as a
4:01strong hand and they've got a nice line
4:04of tools
4:04another bar clamp that I have I have a
4:07while this brand it's called a bets in
4:09that's just a name brand I'm not
4:11endorsing it because there's a lot of
4:12good brain
4:13out there that make them Marklin now
4:15these are typically made in Germany
4:17they're really a good brand got a good
4:19quality metal - I've never been one even
4:22though they are this really hardened
4:24type tempered steel here it's never been
4:29on me or broken now this is another
4:34Betsy tool that I've got here and this
4:36is a clamp that I use now it's a
4:38combination of a locking plier and
4:40sliding bar clamps and the great thing
4:43about this is I can hold it with one
4:45hand I can bring this up here and it
4:48will automatically adjust down for me by
4:50grabbing and once it gets down I can
4:53clamp it tight but this clamp is not
4:55cheap but it's not that expensive either
4:58if you budget for it this is a good tool
5:01to have in your arsenal clamps because
5:04I've used this a lot of times where I
5:06couldn't use anything else now this is
5:09another clamp this is actually more in
5:11line with what I would call a jig now
5:13this makes a perfect one ninety degree
5:15angle now they've got new ones out that
5:18will actually give you a third dimension
5:20where you have a post coming up straight
5:22here but this will hold in kind of
5:25tubing round or square so that you can
5:28actually weld it down the center here
5:30now Scott some slots in the back here
5:32where you can mount it permanently or
5:34semi-permanently
5:35so that you can set up a hole jig system
5:37for building something up now even a
5:41little locking pliers like this is
5:44sometimes helpful in welding you just
5:46need a little tiny piece held a very
5:49delicate part and if you're TIG welding
5:51these really come in handy a lot of
5:53times I've got two pair of locking
5:55pliers here that are actually main brand
5:59pliers they've been around the shop a
6:02long time I've had them for years and
6:03I've used them in all kinds of weather
6:05and activities but you actually have to
6:09type noses here this is actually more of
6:12a mechanic's type nose here I use it but
6:15it's got this round
6:17feature here in the throat here so they
6:19can grip something around this is more
6:21of a gripping sheet metal while you're
6:24welding or two pieces of plate metal
6:26it's got this straight
6:27John's here and it holds a little bit
6:29better but I do use both types if I find
6:33the one on sale about another set so I
6:35don't really care what type throat is
6:37here if they're cheap enough I'm going
6:39to buy it now this is your standard
6:43locking clamp now any welding shop you
6:45walk into you're going to see these
6:47hanging everywhere um this is just a
6:49standard tip here and you can actually
6:52buy them with the adjustable tip here
6:56like this so that they'll actually
6:58conform them around the metal or the
6:59surface that you're working but I
7:02wouldn't be without these and these will
7:04hold a lot of pressure you can adjust
7:07the clamp down here to accommodate the
7:10size of metal that you have and when you
7:12clamp down and you want a little bit
7:14tight so when you lock it it will
7:16actually grip very tight now you can get
7:18these clamps like this in a lot of
7:20different sizes now I've got this one
7:22it's a little flimsy out here this is
7:24not a really expensive clamp but I
7:26bought it for one particular use in one
7:28time and I've actually used a lot more
7:30than I thought I ever it doesn't take
7:32any way out of here though that's
7:33obviously something things we need to do
7:36is really make sure that you have in
7:38your budget because you can go out buy a
7:39handful of what if that's and blow your
7:41entire profit on a job if you need to
7:43have something to complete a job one of
7:46the things I recommend is go cheap first
7:48cheap will get you by like I said I've
7:50got this pair of pliers back here I
7:52bought there were seven bucks at the
7:54time I'm bald now you know what I've
7:56made several hundred dollars with them
7:58probably just in particularly jobs that
8:00they've done for me but the problem is
8:02is that they don't work real well but
8:05they've gotten me by now I'm not doing
8:07name brand Park in the rest of these
8:09clamps except in my small cheap seat
8:11clamps and I'm going to tell you these
8:13right here you can buy a whole handful
8:15for 25 bucks and this is a good way to
8:18get started no they're not
8:20is not convenient but you can have
8:22plenty of clamps to hold what you need
8:25when you're welding starting off cheeks
8:28fine but eventually you're going to want
8:29to get a better more expensive clamp set
8:32and I would recommend looking in and
8:35survey the product reviews of these
8:38clowns before you buy them and the other
8:40thing I would say to you is save the
8:43money buy a good clamp when you can
8:46afford it use it as a little
8:48self-indulgence
8:49because it's going to come in handy and
8:52it's going to pay for itself sometimes
8:54it's going to pay for itself the first
8:55time you use it now I'm not going to
8:57pretend that this was an exhaustive
8:59lesson on glowing clamps I wanted to
9:02give you a good idea of what's out there
9:03that's easily available to you without
9:05posting your arm and leg know what a
9:08clamps aren't something that we sell it
9:10everywhere but it's something that a lot
9:12of our customers have questions about
9:14and college from time to time asking us
9:16how to get started for that same spirit
9:19if you have any questions about welding
9:21our products or even welding clamps give
9:24us a call at the number listed at the
9:25end of the video