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@BrowningMachine yep, this is a machinist's vise. It sits up above the bench, holds small pieces in the air.
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2/ A cabinetmake's woodworker's vice has rear jaw BURIED inside bench, front jaw has top surface FLUSH w top of bench. Hang on...pix coming
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3/ See the three blue jaws? Each has a pin that can optionally extend up above surface. Drop bench dog in hole in surface, then...pic.twitter.com/UfeYqOWPRl
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4/ lay board flat on tabletop and pinch horizontally between dog and vise tip. ...OR...hold in between face of bench and jaw of vise.
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5/ Former for when you're drilling or planing wide face of a board. Latter when you're cutting / sawing / etc. edge of a board.
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6/ Brass things are bench dogs. Slide 80% down into holes in bench. Iron thing to far right is a "hold fast" I forged. Also used on bench >pic.twitter.com/zWd7YWr1LQ
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7/ If you want to secure something near center of bench, you slide circular shank of holdfast down into bench hole til "finger" touches work
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8/ Then one smart smack of wood mallet vertically down on shaft pushes it deeper, uses spring pressure of finger to hold work super firmly
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9/ To release, horizontal tap against back of shaft head. Used in conjunction w - forget exact term - "saw jack" ?
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10/ Anyway, could talk for hours about traditional benches, vises, accessories, but need to work.
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