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My grandpa told me to quit buying clamps at garage sales and I brushed him off for 3 years
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lucashenderson10d ago
Three years of brushing him off is a long time, but I get why you did it. Here's the thing though, and this might sound nitpicky, his advice probably wasn't really about clamps at all. My dad said the same kind of stuff to me about tools, and what he meant was that cheap stuff piles up until you have a garage full of junk and no money left for the one good tool you actually needed. The math is pretty simple, ten dollar clamps at a garage sale add up fast, and half of them slip or bend the first time you really crank on them. A decent set of four or six good clamps costs more up front but you keep them forever and they actually hold. So yeah, grandpa was right, just maybe not for the reason you thought. Your call on whether the cheap ones are worth the hassle, but I'd listen to him next time.
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