Clamp pad and bar clamp assembly

A clamping system for clamping workpieces that includes:

• an elongated bar and first and second clamp jaws mounted to the bar, one of the jaws being selectively displaceable along the length of the bar and selectively locked in position on the bar and the other of the clamp jaws being selectively activated to be displaced towards and away from the one jaw to lock at least one workpiece therebetween;
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• at least one clamp pad, each clamp pad being mounted to a respective clamp jaw, each said clamp pad comprising:
• a first, front face for engaging a workpiece,
• a second, rear face spaced from said first face,
• a clamp jaw receptacle defined between said first and second faces, said receptacle having an open bottom end,
• a first cutout defined in said first face to straddle said bar, and
• at least one locking component for selectively locking said clamp pad to said bar so as to limit radial displacement of said clamp pad with respect to said bar.

A clamping pad system for clamping working that includes:

• an elongated bar and first and second clamp jaws mounted to the bar, one of the jaws being selectively displaceable along the length of the bar and selectively locked in position on the bar and the other of the clamp jaws being selectively activated to be displaced towards and away from the one jaw to lock at least one workpiece therebetween;
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• at least one clamp pad, each clamp pad being slideably mounted to a respective clamp jaw, each said clamp pad comprising:
• a first, front face for engaging a workpiece,
• a second, rear face spaced from said first face,
• a clamp jaw receptacle defined between said first and second faces, said receptacle having an open bottom end, and
• means for locking said clamp pad to said bar so as to limit radial displacement of said clamp pad with respect to said bar.