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After seeing the clamp used and reviewed in the press, I bought a 24" model and am impressed with its build quality and ease of use. For non-critical routing or cutting operations, it is a convenient tool.
I have been using this for over a year with my router, circular saw etc with flawless results. Highly recommended.
I use this jig when I miter box corners larger than will fit under my sliding radial blade or when I am working with smaller pieces that put a blade too close to my fingers. Emerson clamps work well for making all types of jigs for table saws, band saws, drill presses and router tables. The face down side clamp holds to the jig and the face up side holds the work against a guide. I have another of thse clamps on my band saw to hold a home made fence for re-sawing boards.
The table is just the router mounted beneath a two foot square board with a straight bit protruding through a center hole. The all in one clamp gives me a great straight edge and works like a charm to miter in hinges on the back side of lids and bottoms. Finally, I use one on a simple router table. The E. It is far easier to mount the board at an angle than to crank the blade back and forth. The combo clamps are just the thing for this. The table has a 2x4 attached to one side this 2x4 is used to secure the table in my wood vise.
I can set it up to do the outside edges of both hinge cuts for the bottom and the top then reset it for the inside edges of the hinges and the top and bottom miters match exactly when the box is assembled.I keep making time saving jigs using these handy clamps. I make small boxes and needed a 45 degree jig to hold boards at an angle to my table saw top. I also use one on my drill press to allow me to drill concentric holes, straight lines of holes and keep pieces from spinning when using large fostner bits. They're great. It is easy to reset and when flipped to the full hold position doesn't move.
Great phone support as well if you need to call them.Note that the part that slides requires you to push it up against the work piece until you hear or feel a "click" for the clamp to grip. I have four All in One clamps: 12", 24", 50", and 99", and I love them. The tape measures aren't accurate but I don't care because I only use these as straight edges that clamp onto the work piece, and they work great for that. It's not obvious and some people think the clamp is defective when it doesn't grip for them.These go on sale from time to time, so if you don't need one immediately, you may want to put it in your cart and wait for it to go on sale. I use them with both my router and my circular saw.
I own the 50" version of this clamp. The guide edge had imperfections and was not TRUE. I returned this clamp because I received a used one. At that the clamp did not tighten up.
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