Solid piece of kit. Perfect fit and simple to use. Holds very well due to design. Worth the money.

I bought these for my small bench. You will need bigger ones for a bigger bench. They do work well.

Pesquisei bastante antes (inclusive sites da China) e decidi comprar duas unidades deste fixador na Amazon. Recebi hoje (27/07/2022) pela manhã e examinei cuidadosamente as peças - são exatamente iguais o que estava descrito no anúncio. Gostei tanto que já estou comprando outras duas peças. Vou montá-las nos furos de 20mm da minha bancada e usar na fixação de madeiras para lixar ou prender ripas/tábuas verticalmente durante operações de colagem. Eu realmente recomendo este fixador.

I’m glad I ordered 2. One came misshapen like the 2 sides of the mold weren’t aligned. Would not even fit in the dog holes. Once I got my replacement it worked great! And by great I mean just ok…. My work bench is reinforced with some 4x4’s which the dog holes go through. A bit too thick to torque the clamps every time. I simply added a spacer to pad the material and the clamp had plenty of motion to hold firmly down

Good build quality and effective tool. Easily worth the money.

It’s a great little hold down. No learning curve just simple and good.

Seems to work but I may need to rough up the edges that contact the workbench so that it remains secure.

With the help of a wooden mallet these hold down clamps are by far the best I have bought. I have tried many different types of clamps for both dog holes and t-track and these are by far the most reliable at achieving a strong solid clamp. They are so quick and easy to use and also remove with the help of a wooden mallet. They are my go to choice for any hold down clamping on my workbench now.

Una herramienta muy util, super bien hecha

I bought this as a gift for my father based on a suggestion/link from my mother. As I expected a hunk of formed metal, this was right on and met my expectations fully. It was quite heavy, which I assume is a good thing so it can hold stuff down. It also is a nice blue color, which is very inspiring for woodworking of all sorts. I recommend this for anyone who likes heavy metal, especially Metallica.

This metal hold down is the other half to a set of plastic bench dogs I also bought. As I said in the other review, each has its place in my show. And to tell you the truth, I used the hold downs more in the horizontal bench holes (holding a workpiece against the side of the bench) than in the dog holes on the bench top.Great product and so far I have no complaints.

I am a novice woodworker, with a very small shop area. I was finally fed up with using a piece of plywood over my table saw table as my "work bench". I've recently constructed a nice, stand-alone bench with two Jorgensen wood vices mounted to a table top consisting of three pieces of 3/4" plywood laminated together and topped with 3/16" masonite to form the work surface. I drilled 7/8" holes on 6" centers along the axes of each vice, ostensibly to use with bench dogs, but, after hearing about these Jorgensen holdfasts, I thought I'd get a couple to use in the bench dog holes as well. I've never used a holdfast before, and, more than anything I guess, I was just curious to see how they worked. I ended up ordering one of the 4 1/2" versions and one of the 8" versions . They arrived a few days ago, and I've been playing with them ever since.The 4 1/2" version I love! The finish is nice (powder coat?), and the feel is good. But what is most important is just how WELL the thing works! One firm tap with a rubber mallet about 30 degrees forward on the top curve clamps boards solidly to my bench. A light tap on the back immediately releases it. I've tried it with various thicknesses of wood. Up to 2 inches, it works spectacularly. Above 2 inches (I've gone as thick as 3 1/2 inches -- a piece of 4x4), it requires more force to set, and appears to damage the hole somewhat. I wouldn't recommend it for wood over 2 inches. For thicker material, you may have better luck with the larger 8" version. Keep in mind that my bench top is made from several layers of regular old exterior A-C plywood capped with masonite, which means the top is pretty soft. A hardwood bench may handle higher setting force without damage, I couldn't say.Overall, I'm very pleased with this tool. It sets and releases with ease every time, and is just the ticket for thinner material. For me that's perfect. I rarely work with wood as thick as 2 inches anyway. I like this holdfast well enough that I've ordered two more.I would also like to add a couple observations about the 8" equivalent holdfast for those people that may be having trouble trying to decide which one to go with. To start with, the 8" clamp is BIG! It is 16 inches long with a 2x2 inch clamping surface (compare this to 8 inches long and 1x1 inch clamping surface for the 4 1/2" clamp). That's larger than I was expecting and really larger than I want. The 8" clamp has the same nice powder coat finish as its little brother, and it sets and releases equally well (perhaps taking a sharper tap to get it properly set). My main complaint with the 8" version is that its vertical shaft has a hexagonal cross-section, the angles of which dig into the side of the bench dog hole pretty severely compared to the smaller version and its circular cross-section. Again, this may be due to having a soft bench table. A hardwood bench top may stand up better to the large clamp. On my table, I don't plan to use it, and I can't recommend it.

After purchasing a pair of these i read in a workbench book that most of the current crop of clamps of this type do not work well. Both of these Jorgensen clamps work great. Put a board under the clamp and hit it 2-3 times with a mallet and the board is secured solid. To release, just tap on the back. My wife came in at some point and i had her try it. Though she is not very skilled at these carpentry matters, it worked! I suppose some clever blacksmith invented these shortly after the beginning of the iron age and they're still the best way to clamp stuff.