Stopped by and picked one up this morning for 9.99 (already have one without the quick release and I've taken to using one, along with a vice grip style hand clamp, over all other methods).
FWIW ...
Both, together, work very well. It seems like one without the other allows the seem to slip when the screw enters, about every other time.
inery and have a Rockler near you, you might want to see if they're running= this in-store today. Stopped by and picked one up this morning for 9.99 (a= lready have one without the quick release and I've taken to using one, alon= g with a vice grip style hand clamp, over all other methods). FWIW ... -- w= ww.eWoodShop.com Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) http:/= /gplus.to/eWoodShop
Do you suppose they are making any money at $9.99. I suppose yes. So normal= ly $12.00 more seems a bit like a bit of gouging. I understand they are a s= pecialty retailer so need to have bigger margins to cover the lower volumes= and high cost of holding rare inventory for long periods but this confirms= to me that their a bit out of line on pricing quite often.
I have a lot of fun near my home where a Harbor Freight is 20 feet away fom= Rockler.
That link states online only. It seems to me that it would be trivial to make an equivalent device using a block of wood, a dowel, and a quick grip clamp. Replace the fixed jaw on the clamp with the wood block which has the dowel inserted at the 15 degree angle. The result is a faster and easier to operate device than the Rockler one. Much cheaper too. Art
and have a Rockler near you, you might want to see if they're running this in-store today. Stopped by and picked one up this morning for 9.99 (already have one without the quick release and I've taken to using one, along with a vice grip style hand clamp, over all other methods). FWIW ... --
I have to say, if they are making money at $10, regular price at $12 is not price gouging. They do have insurance, inventory, brick and mortar, and employees to pay.
Seriously, I highly suspect that at $10 they are still making 500% mark up and still not price gouging. You don't have to buy it, if it were something you could not live with out, then maybe price gouging.
You save $12.00 the regular price is $21.95.
and have a Rockler near you, you might want to see if they're running this in-store today. Stopped by and picked one up this morning for 9.99 (already have one without the quick release and I've taken to using one, along with a vice grip style hand clamp, over all other methods). FWIW ... --
You suck.
For me I have Woodcraft 1 hour away. HF 1 hour away.
Just can't get there easily.
Rockler doesn't exist for me unless it's online.
Oooooooooooooops Nevermind. Still there is normally remarkably high mark up on inexpensive products.
Oops, thank you Rita!
Oops, thank you Rita!
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Actually had another thought also. I wonder if it will work well with my ma= chine made pocket holes that are at 10 or 7 degrees?
Just another reason why I wish the US border was a little closer. Anybody seen a supplier for these up in Canada?
As I stated, I picked one up locally for the same price. It was included in a "one day sale" email flyer from our local Rockler.
C'mon guys ... the point of the PSA post is the ten buck price point being a 54% savings off the usual retail of a useful item.
Just holding the damned thing in your hand will convince you that it's worth ten bucks; and using as I described will convince you that it's well worth the normal retail price if you do a fair amount of pocket hole joinery.
As far as making one ... if I had to buy more than a few at retail, maybe. For ten bucks, no way in hell ...
If there's any doubt, check the prices on a suitable clamp that will exert the same necessary force, for starters.
How about a thank you for the heads up. I ordered 2 online. 60 miles round trip into Seattle for me so $6.99 shipping is a no brainer. Out where I live in the foothills every peckerwood tourist drives 10-15 mph under the speed limit so I would just as soon stay off the road. I know I could build one but for $9.99 I have to ask why?
Mike M
LOL ... precisely!
---------------------------- Living 15 miles south of BumFuck has some costs along with the advantages.
Lew
and have a Rockler near you, you might want to see if they're running this in-store today. Stopped by and picked one up this morning for 9.99 (already have one without the quick release and I've taken to using one, along with a vice grip style hand clamp, over all other methods). FWIW ... --
Regular price is $22, save $12, guys. And the $22 is gouging, IMnsHO. Who do they think they are, Veritas? (sorry, Rob, but...)
I'd probably make my own (modify the head on a a quick-release clamp like this?
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I built one and probably posted the pics, but that's when the thing was like 25 bucks.
IRC, it was closer to thirty, around 29.95, when it first came out.
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