All in One Clamp U-54 54-Inch Ultra Wide Grip Clamp with Double T-Track

List Price: $81.99 Discount Price: $59.97

Features:

• Ultra-wide straight edge clamp with a double T-track
• T-track accepts a variety of accessories stops, router plates, saw plates
• Wide aluminum jaws with holes that accept accessories
• Router, saw plates and stop blocks fit all of the clamps
• 54 inches long; weighs 6.2 pounds

Accessories:
Exploring Woodworking: Fundamentals of Technology	Fine Woodworking	Gorilla Glue Adhesive, 8-Ounces #50008	All in One Clamp SP 9-Inch X 12-Inch Saw Plate	All in One Clamp RP 8-Inchx 9-Inch Router Plate

Customer Reviews:

okay only [Posted on 2008-01-20]
It's a disappointment. It is straight and true but it is a pain in the neck to set up. sometimes the slide will slide sometimes it won't. needs bigger clamps (on it to begin with not extra ).

hard to use; does it work??? not by my experience [Posted on 2008-02-01]
at first i was disappointed in the flimsy nature of the product. i figured it should be intuitive and easy to use. not so. it seemed the product was broken as it would not work. so i had to make a long distance call at my expense. there after three attempts, someone told me they had a problem with the product they had not anticipated. they were correcting it by including instructions. so the person told me the 'secret' of how to make this foolish thing work. i followed the cumbersome instructions and got it to -just sort of work. but it is a very awkard procedure and even then sometimes it does work and then again it will just not. this item sure is not worth the money, not worth the hassle, and not worth having to make a toll call. all it is good for i think is as a straight edge...foregoing any plans to have it clamp easily to wood and guide a saw. never would i have bought this ahd i seen it beforehand.

Works great but is not idiot proof [Posted on 2008-03-01]
If you expect to take this out of the box, throw it on top of a piece of plywood and have it automatically square and clamp itself you need to look elsewhere, maybe hire a cabinetmaker. If however you have a lot of experience in cutting panel materials with a portable circular saw you will find this a godsend. It is straight and clamps hard and that is all a craftsman expects.

Expect that in the typical dusty environment that the clamping mechanism may have to be cleaned. The length of the clamping stroke is short but is long enough for the job at hand. It is obvious from the comments from neophytes that they weren't able to easily remove the slack. Complaints that you need a square are puzzling; if the panel starts square and you cut a parallel line, aren't both parts square? Lastly, this tool does not have divine origins: after you cut a piece you measure the result to quickly identify problems, not wait until all components are being assembled.

I used this to cut prefabricated countertop material where the cut edge would be exposed and any out of square issues would scrap a panel. It worked flawlessly. The only scrap panel was caused by "pilot error".

One thing, the additional price for the ultrawide clamps is worth it. Also I found that set up with a accurate 48" scale was far more accurate than a measuring tape and much easier on the eyes. Lastly while I used the black plastic saw guide with success, the UHMW guide for the "Boomer Red" clamp also sold by Amazon looks like a better design.

Great Clamp, Easy to Use [Posted on 2008-04-28]
This is a great clamp that is very easy to use. ...and yes, you can take it right out of the box and start using it. It is that simple.

Works well but fiddly to adjust [Posted on 2008-06-15]
When I get this thing clamped down it works great. However, I have trouble getting the adjustable side of the clamp to set right so that the clamp will lock - it's supposed to click when it locks, but I find it's quite difficult to get it to do this with the adjustable side of the clamp underneath the straight edge out of sight, and it's fiddly getting your fingers down there to mess with it. By the time I have the thing locked, my straight edge is out of alignment with the line it was set to.

Likewise, it's not easy getting the thing to slide away from the workpiece when you release the clamp (I usually pull the whole clamp off the workpiece and flip it over in order to readjust the clamp).

Something that didnt occur to me to check was the clearance underneath my circular saw motor housing. My Bosch has less than 1/2" of clearance and so it does not clear the straight edge - meaning that I can only use this saw to make cuts with the narrow edge of the saw plate against the straight edge, which can be a little unstable on trim cuts.

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