So...you have 8 coming?! Man, you can start using them as keychains, paper weights, table cloth stays....you are SET my man! I wish they offered a larger set on a related note.
They're a great clamp, but they're not a fast clamp. I use them a lot for fixtures, glueing things together, mating parts before doing a transfer punch that sort of thing. They tolerate uneven surfaces and have V-grooves for round parts. The F-clamps are my go-to for wood and large assemblies.
I've marred a couple of kant-twsts when welding, so this cheap set is good news. Do they have the same copper jaw with the V-slot and smooth side? I would love to be able to swap between those as quickly in the vise (speaking of which, saw ToT use a milling vise with a rotating fixed jaw to change jaw faces, wasn't sure if it was real of one of his special effects).
I like the Kant-Twists. I mainly use them for setups on the mill though. The real ones sure are expensive. I got mine whenever they were on sale. I only have 8 of them, 4 different sizes in pairs.
Stefan Gotteswinter showed his German made ones that I liked. He pointed out that they had acme screws instead a regular 60° V-thread.
That's the only thing I don't like about them, slow to use. But I bored out one of my wing nut drivers to fit the different size handles on mine. I never tried tightening mine with a impact driver or drill though, I just run the screw in & out. So much quicker to use. I got the idea from outsidescrewball on YT.
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