I got it all tightened up again and yes, it worked..... Except that it was starting to move all over the place again after an hour or two of work, despite it being tightened up like it was at the beginning of the evening (I tightened it again). I will admit though that I was cleaning the Felt before adding polish and finally some Colinite, so there was a lot of movement anyway......
Oh well, I'll see again.
I used to be a photographer, so I am used to tripods, light stands and other clamps, but I don't want to over tighten it incase I damage it somehow as I have seen that happen and, well, it is cheap.