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I needed a band clamp for gluing up picture frames, and it performed very well. I thought the woven strap would not be able to provide enough clamping pressure on the miters, but after giving it a try, it felt very strong and secure. It's very easy to use without reading the instructions. One thing to remember is make sure that the miters are centered in the clamp or else it will not provide even clamping pressure and your miters will have a small gap.
Perfect clamp for use in clamping items with multiple angles or with odd angles other than 90 degrees. Obviously also works well with right angles.
I've been using this framing strap for 2 or 3 years now, and if you have to join 4 pieces of wood together to form a rectangle or a square, this is what you need. I use these straps, mainly, to build stretcher frames for canvases. This strap gets your angled cuts as close together as possible, if you angles don't line up, you cut them wrong. ha
Upon opening the box, i saw a piece of plastic.im tough on plastic things, tools should be made out of steel, aluminum.etc. I have used a few frame jigs and this one is hands down the best. I have used it on 4, 5 and 6 sided projects and it never fails to provide perfect corners. Well needless to say, I plan on buying 3 more so I can maximize my frame making time. This is one Plastic tool I dont mind hanging in my shop.
Plenty of power in the ratchet and ease of use make this tool my primary tool for repairing and assembling picture frames.
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