RogerS
Established Member
Warning! Use these clamps at your peril. They are not like the normal quick release clamps. These Olympia clamps rely on a series of teeth down one side of the metal rod.
To release the clamp you have to twist the rod (and so releasing the teeth from the lever mechanism). As you twist the rod, the corners of the teeth start to wear very quickly. When you next clamp something, as you squeeze the trigger to tighten the clamp, the teeth slip and you end up crushing your fingers between the trigger lever and handle. Result bruised crushed fingers.
Also since they are ratchet based, you can never tighten them up properly as you can't quite get to the next ratchet. A horrible, horrible, horrible designed piece of rubbish!
To release the clamp you have to twist the rod (and so releasing the teeth from the lever mechanism). As you twist the rod, the corners of the teeth start to wear very quickly. When you next clamp something, as you squeeze the trigger to tighten the clamp, the teeth slip and you end up crushing your fingers between the trigger lever and handle. Result bruised crushed fingers.
Also since they are ratchet based, you can never tighten them up properly as you can't quite get to the next ratchet. A horrible, horrible, horrible designed piece of rubbish!