Bessey K Body Clamps

Wayne, I didn’t even know that they came with spacers (I’ve got about 25 of them). I guess I have been throwing them away all along.

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Same here, Wayne. Never knew they were spacers. I’ve just used mine without.

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

Thanks guys. I am not sure if the older variety came with them or not, but the newer Revo ones have a couple of black spacers that come with them that I think space the bar off the wood when clamping. You can see them in the Revo picture below.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

They’ve only been available in my area about 2 yrs.

-- Rick

I use the spacers as they keep the metal bars from marking up the wood and they also keeps glue out of the notches in the steel bars. I think they are helpful but you could certainly get along without them, I have about 20 of the spacers and have yet to break any.

The Revo ones that I have, have a piece at the end of the bar that keeps the head from sliding off. These spacers on the Bessey web site are called bar protectors. They apparently are spacers that prevent the bar from getting glue on it and staining the wood. I did find a website that sells just the spacers so maybe if I decide sometime that I need them I can buy them there.

Thanks for all the comments.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

They only come with the “Revo” style but they will fit the older ones too. You can purchase them seperately to replace broken or missing ones. I don’t always use them for the spacer part, but I do have a pair of the clamps that they make to clamp them to the table. They turn the clamp into a big vice.