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Using Quick-Grip Bar Clamps

As Hold-Downs

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ERE’S HOW TO USE AQuick-Grip bar clamp as a hold-down:
Locate the bench-dog hole where you want to position the
hold-down, or drill a^3 ⁄ 4 -in. hole through the benchtop. Now punch
out the split ring on the end of the bar, hold down the release lever of
the pistol grip, and slide the grip assembly off the bar. Don’t let go of
the release lever, or you will have to realign the retention washers and
spring inside the grip. Guide the bar through the hole in the bench,
and slide the grip assembly back onto the bar. Replace the split ring
with a^1 ⁄ 4 -in. bolt and wing nut to facilitate future changeovers.
—MATTVALIKOSKI,Campbell River, B.C., Canada

CHAPTER NINE

Remove split

Slip clamp

handle off bar.

Hold release lever, and slide

bar through hole in bench.

Use clamp as

hold-down.

Bolt