My cheap clamp collection bit me hard | Carpenters

Reese Nelson · 2026-06-27T03:20:03.740836+00:00

Bought a bunch of those $5 squeeze clamps from the hardware store and they all popped open on a cabinet glue-up, ruined $80 worth of hardwood. Anyone else learned the hard way that cheap clamps just aren't worth it?

riley_miller253mo ago

Could always epoxy them shut and use for permanent jigs instead.

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angela6873mo ago

My wallet's still hiding from me after that disaster.

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keith_rivera193mo ago

Oh man, that's a rough lesson. At least now you've got a bunch of cool paperweights, right?

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viola_ward3mo ago

College kids buying gear they can't afford. Classic mistake. How much damage are we talking here? A few hundred bucks or way worse than that?

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