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by Megan Fitzpatrick web page 14 W e love the unique picket-dealt with Bessey Okay Physique clamps. However they turned unavailable in 2008 when Bessey launched the Revo clamps, which had a bigger clamping floor (of about 30 %) than the Okay Our bodies and a gentle-grip deal with that allowed for simpler and extra snug tightening – however we discovered the clamps typically slipped underneath heavy strain, notably if the bars acquired moist (say, whenever you’re cleansing up glue). Plus, the plastic on the clamp heads broke simply when dropped. Bessey is about to launch the subsequent era of Revos (they’ll be obtainable within the first quarter of 2018), so we obtained a handful of them in for testing, and I talked with Karl Kish in Bessey’s product improvement group concerning the modifications. The corporate received complaints, he stated, that the moveable head slipped too simply when not underneath strain, and will slide again on the bar to smack ...