Dimide: Impact-Rated Clamps Effortlessly Deliver The Force You Need
In our spare time we like to keep busy doing fun stuff. One of our favorite hobbies is welding and creating things useful for our daily lives.
We mention this because when we are welding we are constantly looking for better ways of holding material. Better ways of having consistent holds when piecing things together.
Through some reseach we stumbled upon the clamps made by Dimide and we have not been disappointed.
We bought the smaller of their options, the 1/4 Series #6 Standard Clamp and it is impressive. Built like a tank and clearly made for heavy use. It will deliver 2,200 pounds of clamp force. And to make things easier for you, you can create that force by simply attaching your 1/4" impact drive to the very cleverly designed clamping mechanism.
It is a very well thought-out design and should have no problem handling any job you might throw at it.
Dimide offers up a full set of clamps in various sizes to cover the small jobs and the big jobs.
In addition to the standard clamp you’ll also find 1/2 (HD) Series #5, the 1/2 (HD) Series #8 and even a 1/2 (HD) #12.
Need something wider? Check out their 1/2 (HD) Series #12 Long Clamp for an even larger opening.
All clamps can be tightened by hand using the t-handle but in addition the 1/4 clamps can be tightened with a 1/4" impact driver and the 1/2 clamps can be tightened with a 1/2" impact driver. You have options.
The HD Series of clamps include some upgrades such as weld splatter resistant turnbuckle screws and weld splatter resistant shoes. We can see some HD clamps in our future for sure.
Obviously we like the clamps.
But it’s even better that that are American Made.
DIMIDE, Inc. is a tool manufacturer based in Milford, Connecticut. We manufacture high quality made in the USA tools including the DIMIDE Clamp. We pride ourselves in the engineering, design, and quality of our products.
The company is the result of an actual need:
Founded by father and son team, Mike and Emmet Costen who are both structural engineers. DIMIDE started after struggling with typical clamps one too many times and knowing that we could put our talents together to create a superior product. Our goal was to create a clamp that didn’t hurt our hands while delivering a secure grip every time. This is when Mike had an idea, we could use one of our impact wrenches to tighten the clamp. This would provide an ergonomic solution while delivering high clamp load. After putting his over 30 years of structural engineering experience to work, he came up with an optimized clamp design and we haven’t looked back since!
If you are looking for quality clamps for your shop, be it at home or at work, these clamps fit the bill. Solid engineering and produced in the USA.