Working alone on renovations and other woodworking projects can prove
troublesome when an extra set of hands is needed to prop or lever pieces
of lumber into position.
THE LIGHTNING CLAMP®, a unique multipurpose tool that makes
standard pipe and gluing clamps a thing of the past.
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The menu on the left will guide you to the use situations of The Lightning
Clamp.
Working alone on renovations and other woodworking projects can prove
troublesome when an extra set of hands is needed to prop or lever pieces
of lumber into position. Enter THE LIGHTNING CLAMP® (model 46101),
a unique multipurpose tool that makes standard pipe and gluing clamps
a thing of the past.A multifunction clamping, holding, and spreading device,
The Lightning Clamp® uses threaded rod as a quick and more convenient
method of extending clamping distance for those longer jobs.
Older pipe clamps utilize heavy and cumbersome 1” steel pipe and,
as a result, are unwieldy, frustrating to use, and prone to “vibrating”
off the clamped work. These older products position their length adjusting
and clamping-up mechanisms at opposite ends of the pipe, where as The
Lightning Clamp incorporates adjusting and tightening at the same end,
device, making it quicker and more efficient for a one-man operation.The
Lightning Clamp® allows for jobs of any distance by simply coupling
several lengths of all-thread rod together or by using a longer length
of rod. Most hardware stores sell all-thread rod in 3 and 6 foot lengths
and it is a much cheaper material and lighter to handle and transport
than steel pipe.
“It is novel and unique, and allows quick clamping of work situations
where no one would have considered using a clamp previously,” notes
product designer and full time builder/ carpenter Peter Billings.But The
Lightning Clamp® is much more than a high-tech pipe clamp. In typical
construction situations, the product acts as “another pair of hands”
when working alone is the only alternative. It’s quicker to use than
any other clamp even on short clamping jobs and obtains high clamping
pressures quickly and effortlessly. It also doubles as a spreading (reverse
clamping) device; and can be used as a “bench dog,” while a
pair of Lightning Clamps® will transform into the most flexible bench-side
vice available. This versatility makes The Lightning Clamp® perfect
for use in construction or renovation sites, for wooden decking projects,
home workshops, commercial woodworking shops, and even commercial wooden-framed
boat building centers.
The Lightning Clamp® is a heavy-duty, all-steel product used with
the commonly available ½” UNC/13 pitch threaded rod. It comes
in safety yellow and carries a one-year warranty against manufacturing
defects.
Long Distance Clamping
A unique feature of The Lightning Clamp is its ability to clamp or pull
together work plains which can be a considerable distance apart, say up
to 10 meters. The clamp is locked on to a threaded rod at any point, which
acts as a shaft between the two ends of the clamp. The clamping distance
can be extended to any required length by joining several lengths of rod
with a coupling nut. One man can then pull into position a stay or bearer,
even when there is no close parallel anchor point for the other end of
the clamp. Tradesmen will generally need to carry only one clamp plus
a few "extender lengths" of threaded rod, to cover all longer
distance clamping situations
The Lightning
Clamp allows a single tradesman to work alone and accomplish jobs where
he would normally need a colleague to hold, brace, lever or prop things
into position while fixing.
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