09/04/2026
Let’s talk clamps. Since it’s incredibly hot and i needed to take a break. Customers always seem to walk in when I’m in the middle of a project and say (Think You Have Enough Clamps? ) My answer is always absolutely not. Being a one man shop these are my extra hands. I definitely have my favorites and I have the ones that i only use when i absolutely have to. I’ll list mine from my favorite to the ones I hate. On the vise grip style clamps
1st place Milwaukee Torque Lock. This thing is fantastic holds everything I’ve ever needed it to latches and unlatches easily when I want it too just a fantastic clamp all the way around.
2nd place and my most expensive clamps the Stronghand. I will say these probably grip harder than the Milwaukee but when you are trying to hold something and one hand adjusts it to where you want it’s a pain. And sometimes they don’t want to come unlatch.
3rd the OG. Vise-Grip they just do the job pretty straightforward and strong only fall back is the spring and unlocking  mechanism tend to randomly break.
Last place and i originally bought a lot of these when first starting out because they were cheap i only have a few left and they tic me off everytime im down to just them is the Pittsburgh brand they don’t hold much and bend twist and break easily not even worth the cheap price tag for a weld shop clamp.
Milwaukee
