JawStand: Support for Weekend Warriors
It's always helpful having an extra set of hands when working by yourself around the house, yard or workshop. But if you often find yourself shorthanded, then you'll love the new JawStand from Rockwell Tools.
This versatile, cleverly designed tool is a combination work support and clamp, and it can used in any number of ways. To start, its height can be adjusted from 25 to 41 inches and used to support long boards when cutting at a tablesaw or miter saw, as shown above. You can also set it up on the outfeed side of a router table, shaper, thickness planer or table saw. But that's not all.
The ruggedly built JawStand has a wide-mouth clamp head that lets you securely grasp items horizontally, vertically or at any angle in between. It's especially useful when working on sheet goods, such as plywood, and also tabletops and doors, as shown at right.
The JawStand clamps onto pieces up to 1 3/4 inch thick, and its head swivels 360 degrees, and pivots 90 degrees.
It's made of hardened steel, weighs just 13 pounds, and folds flat for easy storage.
The JawStand is available on-line at Sears.com and Woodcraft Supply for about $70.
(2) Comments
Joe,
The problem I have with stands like this is tipping, especially when used in an outfeed support arrangement. Any comments on the stability?
Hey Pete, I know what you mean. I have an old roller-type stand that always tips over. (I've solved that problem by simply setting the roller slightly lower than the saw table height; that works most of the time.) The Rockwell JawStand doesn't have rollers, but superslick surfaces on top, but its wide-stance, beefy legs eliminate tipping in all but the most extreme situations. Thanks for writing, and good luck!--Joe T.