Dissapointed with my Tru-Grip tool guide/clamp

Doesn't sound like you have the moveable side "tight" to the edge prior to clamping.

You are pressing the clamping lever "all the way down" and not just to the first position ? The lever is pointing toward the floor when correctly postioned.

I showed a guy that one time who had a clamp for several years. He was VERY surprised at how tight it got.

JES wrote:

Mine is rock solid, do make sure that the movable bit is pushed up snug while the lever is in the up position, then when the lever goes horizontal it should grip tightly and when you push it a bit further to the down position it should get even tighter.

Yes, I have it clamped as hard as possible, it's not the clamping part that is moving (the black plastic). It's the alu rail that's moving sideways. It's like it's too big for the plastic clamping part. Not usable for precision work... :-(

JES

Interesting, I'd take it back, sounds like a duff

You are not alone. I'm not sure that mine, purchased maybe 8 year ago, is a "tru-grip" but it exhibits the same behavior. The track of the aluminum part is 3/64ths wider than the black plastic clamping end. It does not look like a defect at all. It looks like a piss poor design.

The only marking I found was "Taiwan" on the metal cam lever

I'm not sure why I have kept it all this time. It's just sloppy enough to be truly useless.

If you can figure out a mod to close that gap, I'm all ears.

-Steve

Kind of hard to do since I live in Europe (bought it on a business trip to the US...). Well, I'll try to get creative and find a way to modify it perhaps...

JES

If you say it's faulty, which it is, shipping is paid by Amazon...

JES wrote:

As long as you are being honest, tell them that the faulty one you are shipping back is not the one you bought from them.