I am new to fine woodworking. I have built things, especially wooden things, most of my life. I am however just getting into the finer areas of woodworking and want to get further into fine furniture making.
I am looking to add some nicer clamps, espcially some deep throat Bessey F-style clamps and some Jet parrallel clamps. I have been told by some veteran woodworkers that I know to watch for the big sales that come around once to twice a year on Jet and Bessey clamps at Rockler, Amazon, etc. He said that I can get notice of such sales on the woodworking forums. Where do I find those notices? Is there a particular time of the year that the sales normally occur? I am no rush as I already have some clamps, I am just looking to buy in bulk when a sale hits.
Thanks!
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Just sign up for their email notifications
You can go to each of these companies websites and sign up for their email notifications. They don't spam all that much and they will email which products are on sale that week or month. With Amazon you just have to check their website every now and then to see what the prices are at that time. Lowes and Home Depot also sell clamps and sometimes put them on sale.
gdblake
A great way to get Amazon items at the price you want is to use http://camelcamelcamel.com/ It will show you the price history of an item and you can set the price which you want to be emailed. Knowing the price history helps you figure out where it will drop to in the future.
Clamps
I have had an ENORMOUS amount of luck over the years, sourcing clamps at estate/garage/tag sales. The vast majority of clamps in my collection were bought - cheaply - in this manner.
Best,
Ed
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