In many cases, you can avoid purchasing a specialty clamp by adapting a clamp you already have to the project at hand. One of the most effective clamping strategies is advancing a moveable jaw ...

Clamp round objects with a vise A bench vise is superior to a hand clamp when dealing with dowels and other round objects. I use this when working with metal, too. Attach the vise to your ...

But the real value in the design is that the clamp can now stand by itself on a tabletop, leaving the operator to dedicate one hand to manipulating the part to be pressed, while twisting the clamp ...