What is the difference between a sash clamp and a sash cramp?

Nothing functional. Cramp is the older British spelling and Rolson uses both across the range, so an aluminium sash clamp and a T bar sash cramp do the same job. The real difference is the bar. Aluminium bars are lighter and easier to handle overhead, while T bar steel resists twisting better on heavy hardwood glue ups.

Which sledge hammer weight should I buy?

For breaking paving or driving stakes, 6lb to 8lb suits most people and can be swung one or two handed. A 10lb or 14lb head is for sustained demolition and concrete, and needs both hands and space to swing. A 3lb short shaft sledge is the right tool for bolsters and cold chisels where you want control rather than reach.

Are fibreglass shafts better than hickory?

They absorb vibration better and will not rot or shrink if the tool lives in a damp garage, which is why the sledge hammers here are mostly fibreglass. Hickory is still preferred by some joiners for club hammers because it has more give and can be rehandled. Both are offered in this range so you can pick by feel.

How long a sash clamp do I need for a door?

Measure the widest glue line you expect to close, then add roughly 150mm of adjustment. A standard internal door frame usually needs the 900mm or 1200mm bars. Two clamps is the practical minimum for a frame, and four is better because it lets you balance pressure top and bottom rather than pulling the assembly out of square.

Do the punch and stamp sets come in a case?

The 36 piece letter and number stamp set and the 9 piece hollow punch set are supplied in a storage case, which matters because loose punches are easy to lose and hard to identify by eye once the markings wear. The 3 piece nail punch and 5 piece parallel pin punch sets are supplied as sets without a case.

What is the difference between a sash clamp and a sash cramp?

Nothing functional. Cramp is the older British spelling and Rolson uses both across the range, so an aluminium sash clamp and a T bar sash cramp do the same job. The real difference is the bar. Aluminium bars are lighter and easier to handle overhead, while T bar steel resists twisting better on heavy hardwood glue ups.

Which sledge hammer weight should I buy?

For breaking paving or driving stakes, 6lb to 8lb suits most people and can be swung one or two handed. A 10lb or 14lb head is for sustained demolition and concrete, and needs both hands and space to swing. A 3lb short shaft sledge is the right tool for bolsters and cold chisels where you want control rather than reach.

Are fibreglass shafts better than hickory?

They absorb vibration better and will not rot or shrink if the tool lives in a damp garage, which is why the sledge hammers here are mostly fibreglass. Hickory is still preferred by some joiners for club hammers because it has more give and can be rehandled. Both are offered in this range so you can pick by feel.

How long a sash clamp do I need for a door?

Measure the widest glue line you expect to close, then add roughly 150mm of adjustment. A standard internal door frame usually needs the 900mm or 1200mm bars. Two clamps is the practical minimum for a frame, and four is better because it lets you balance pressure top and bottom rather than pulling the assembly out of square.

Do the punch and stamp sets come in a case?

The 36 piece letter and number stamp set and the 9 piece hollow punch set are supplied in a storage case, which matters because loose punches are easy to lose and hard to identify by eye once the markings wear. The 3 piece nail punch and 5 piece parallel pin punch sets are supplied as sets without a case.

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Rolson Sash Clamps, G-Clamps and Sledge Hammers

This page is the clamping and striking half of the Rolson catalogue, a little over 200 lines of bench and site tools. Clamping is the deepest part of it, with roughly 23 products covering aluminium sash clamps at 600mm, 900mm and 1200mm, T bar sash cramps in 2ft and 3ft, fine thread G clamps from 50mm to 150mm, heavy duty F clamps, lightweight bar clamps, metal spring clamps in singles and sets, a 100mm fixed base bench vice and a 60mm swivel table vice with anvil. If you are gluing up a carcass or a door frame, the sash clamps and cramps are the lines to look at first, and the spring clamp sets are worth adding for holding trim while adhesive grabs.

Hammers, Mauls and Felling Axes

Around 23 hammers run from an 8oz stubby claw hammer and a 4oz crosspein pin hammer with an ashwood shaft, through 16oz claw hammers in one piece, tubular steel and fibreglass shaft versions, to club hammers at 2.5lb and 4lb on hickory and sledge hammers at 3lb, 6lb, 8lb, 10lb and 14lb on fibreglass. Brick hammers, stoning hammers and a four in one multi head mallet fill the gaps. Alongside them sit about 14 axes and mauls: solid forged hand axes, stubby camping axes, a 330mm multi purpose hatchet, felling axes at 2.5lb and 4lb, a 6lb splitting maul, pick axe heads and shafts, grubbing mattock heads and diamond shaped log splitters.

Bars, Punches and Cold Chisels

Demolition and marking out are covered by roughly 14 lines. Turbo wrecking bars come in 300mm, 455mm and 600mm, pry bars in 250mm and 375mm with nail pullers, and there is a 210mm tack lifter for lifting boards without splitting them. Marking and driving is handled by an automatic centre punch, a 3 piece nail punch set, a 5 piece parallel pin punch set, a 9 piece hollow punch set and a 36 piece letter and number stamp set. A 250mm cold chisel and a 100mm brick bolster handle masonry, and both are sized to be struck with the 3lb short shaft sledge rather than a claw hammer.

Wrenches, Files and Abrasives

Thirteen adjustable wrenches run from 150mm to 450mm in rubber grip and black nickel finishes, joined by a telescopic basin wrench, a self adjusting oil filter wrench and strap wrench sets. Six file sets cover engineers files, needle files and quick change patterns. Ten sharpening and sanding lines include diamond sharpening blocks, combination sharpening stones, hand sanders and wet and dry sheets. Precision and watchmaker screwdriver sets are listed in precision watchmaker tools, ratchets and spanners in ratchets and spanner sets, and the wider brand in Rolson Tools UK.