IRWIN FG5 Manuel D’Utilisation

In 1986 Joe Sorensen, an air boat builder in Nebraska USA, was looking for a better 
way to hold down his steel panels as the clamps he was using twisted the thin steel 
as he worked. 

A year later, with a good idea for a new style of clamping, he came to American Tools 
and soon became an employee and working together, the concept for a pistol grip 
one-handed bar clamp was born. This revolutionary tool was quickly patented and 
brought to market in 1989 with a full line of clamps under the Quick-Grip

®

 brand 

name. The line was later extended from the Original clamp to the Micro, Mini, Handi, 
Quick-Change, and more recently the XP clamp. 

Since the launch, IRWIN

®

 Quick-Grip

®

 has become the world leader in one-handed 

bar clamps and is the industry standard which has changed the way tradesman do 
their jobs, greatly improving their ability and effi ciency on the job.