Fixing those cheap Harbor Freight Bar Clamps
How many of you use these cheap bar clamps from HF? I have a bunch of them, even though they are light duty I use them a lot for woodworking projects as they have a decent clamping force but not strong enough to do any damage like a C-clamp or heavier bar clamps.
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After a few years of use the clamps start "popping" the molded hinge pins for the trigger. This renders them useless.
I just broke two of them while working on my bed project this past weekend. This is what you'll have when you pull out the trigger.
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After pulling one of them apart. The popped hinge pin.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3...D550/ry%3D400/
I had fixed one a while ago that did this and fixed these two in about ten minutes.
The trigger has a molded hole that just fits a #10 machine screw.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3...D550/ry%3D400/
See following post