What you want Lanse is forged steel clamps. The cheap C clamps you buy at the box stores or harbor fright is gonna be cast or malleable iron. Puddles shows a beautiful collection of clamps below. Of course I know he has many more of them then that. Vice Grip makes some good specialty clamps for welding. Here's one that you would use a lot.
The sliding type clamp that Puddles shows is my all time favorite clamp. I think I used Wilton clamps like these years ago. I always wanted a set of these and finally bought 3 of them at a machine shop auction a couple of years ago. Two 12" and one 16". These are Bessey - from Germany. Dunno the brand but they are good. Remember: Drop forged steel or cast steel VS cast iron or maleable iron? Iron aint even close to the strength of steel.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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