It has been more than half a year since Rockler came out with Bandy Clamps, special spring clamps with built-in rubber straps. Now, Rockler has come out with new small and large sizes.
We’ve been quite pleased with the quality, functionality, and versatility of Bandy Clamps. To be honest, I don’t think there was any time when I wished for smaller or larger versions of these handy clamps, but I can see the potential.
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The standard clamps, which are simply called Rockler Bandy Clamps, have a maximum capacity of 2″. The new small Bandy Clamps have a maximum capacity of 1-1/4″, and the large clamps have a maximum capacity of 2-5/8″.
I love the standard Rockler Bandy Clamps for managing power cords, cables, and things like that during temporary project setups, and often use them for managing photo lights’ power cables as well. They’re the perfect size for most things.
While I tend to use these clamps a lot more for cable-routing purposes, they are EXCELLENT as general purpose spring clamps. They’re also handy for their intended purpose of clamping edge banding to plywood and other manufactured materials.
I suppose that the large clamps will work better for routing power cords along the edge of my workbench, and the smallest sized clamps might be better for a photography bag. It’s not going to take much convincing for me to order a pair or three of the new sizes.
Prices: Small clamps at $15/pair, Standard clamps at $20/pair, Large clamps at $25/pair.
There’s special pricing on 3 pairs of the standard clamps ($50 for 6), and also a holiday promo where you get promo pricing and an added $10 gift card.
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These clamps are sold in pairs. If you don’t know which size you might need, start with the standard size Bandy Clamps.
Buy Now: Small, Standard, Large, Standard Holiday Bundle
Use free shipping coupon code AFAZ1 at checkout. It gives you free ground shipping on $25+ orders, and we believe it expires at the end of December.
Hilton
I love the three pairs of original Bandy Clamps that I bought earlier this year. I can see myself getting a larger pair but not so sure about the small version though.
fred
There was a smaller (1 inch) version of the old Pony #3262. It, the Pony 3261, was even less useful for edge banding. The small Rockler may be better – or might be useful for running wires and cable routing a la Stuart’s use.
fred
When I first saw these I thought that they might be like the old Pony 3262 which used a spring steel band in the place where these use and elastomeric band. The Old Pony’s were not to my liking – did not handle anything other than flat edging very well (IMO) and you needed a lot of them to apply anything like the pressure you needed for a good glue up. These Rockler’s may be better in handling curved or other irregular edging since the band should allow them to conform to irregular shapes better – but I question how much pressure they can apply. I might give them a try for use with some of the domed edging I often do. $50 for 6 of them with a $10 card for a next order and free shipping doesn’t seem too pricey – and if they don’t work well for edging they should have other uses. For flat edging, however. I think I’ll stick to the Jorgensen and Bessey fixtures that I have that you attach to bar clamps.
Kevin
These are nice, but for those that may find the cost too daunting, I’ve had good results replicating these with standard spring clamps and bicycle inner tube material. That method works for any size clamp, and for extremely small clamps, one could substitute a sturdy rubber band in place of the inner tube material.