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Your cart is empty.The Pony 16" Bench Hold-Down Clamp is a versatile, easy-to-use clamp made for holding work in place on benchtops, and it’s made of solid iron with a black, baked-enamel finish. Simply tap it into a predrilled hole in your benchtop.
Ted C.
July 29, 2025
For $20 this simple tool is a steal. I only wish I had bought it 20 years ago. I work with irregular shaped granite and burls and this tool holds them all firmly!!!!
Hale and Hardy
July 21, 2025
I could hardly tell the two apart when they were laid down side by side. Exactly what I needed. :)
Moisés
June 20, 2025
Livraison rapide et et bon état
Kevin McCann
May 15, 2025
Shaft is not round
M.
April 20, 2025
Stången är dessvärre inte rund utan sexkantig, och passar därför inte i normala hål.
Tim, Melbourne
March 23, 2025
Ordered two of these. Photo on product page clearly showed a holdfast with standard circular shaft. The items that arrived had hexagonal shafts. This means that, when setting the holdfast, a vertex on the shaft is the direct point of contact with the side of the hole in the bench, creating a high-pressure point. This results in crushing of the wood at the edge of the hole at that point. With repeated use, the hole becomes misshapen and enlarged. I wouldn’t want to use this holdfast on a good bench. Returning one of them for a refund.
Glenn R. Lewis
February 26, 2025
Needs 13/16" hole which might be awkward for benches with standard 3/4" hole. But in a 13/16" hole it's rock solid. Big strong heavy hold fast with a long reach and a firm grip
Charles W. Hubbard
January 31, 2025
I recently bought this holdfast together with its 4 1/2" counterpart () for use on my new work bench. For me, this clamp is totally unsuitable, and I don't plan to use it. Giving it one star would be unfair, because the clamp does work as advertised. It has a nice powder coat finish, and it is easy to set and release with a just a single, appropriately directed firm tap from a rubber mallet. My biggest complaint about this clamp is that the vertical post has a hexagonal cross-section, and the angles of the hexagon dig into and damage the sides of my 3/4" diameter bench dog holes significantly. It should be understood that my bench top is made from three pieces of plain old 3/4" exterior A-C plywood laminated together with a 3/16" piece of masonite on top to form the work surface. Plywood is obviously quite soft. A thick, hardwood top may hold up better to the hexagonal cross-section of the vertical post than my bench does. For me, the damage resulting from the use of this holdfast in my bench dog holes makes it unusable. Your milage may vary.Now the 4 1/2" version of this clamp is a completely different story. It has a vertical post with a circular cross-section, seems to take less force to properly set (which I suppose isn't surprising), and doesn't damage my bench dog holes. It sets and releases fast and reliably, and works spectacularly on wood up to around 2 inches thick (I wouldn't recommend it for wood over 2 inches). The 4 1/2" version gets 5 stars in my book.
Matt
December 12, 2024
I wish I had seen the other review before purchasing this product. The stem of the holdfast is hexagonal, not circular as shown in the picture and listed in the description of the product. As the prior review mentions this will ruin a nice bench. A shame as it is hard to find holdfasts this size and the 20cm ones from the same brand were excellent.
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