A vise american english or vice british english is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it.
What size woodworking vise. Woodworking vises can actually not be compared to a regular vise. Vises are available for woodworkers machinists welders and hobbyists. Light duty homeowner s vise holding a brass check valve. Years ago when i started working with woodworking vises on my first job as a carpenter and even in carpentry school the vise was integrated into the workbench.
The day will come when you ll need it. Please submit links to how to pages and videos pictures of beautiful and amazing pieces you made for us to admire or help you finish. Rarely will you open your vise all the way but a deep capacity gives you more clamping versatility. The woodworking vises reviews we did here and the models we picked are in my opinion very good and for many uses.
Vises have two parallel jaws one fixed and the other movable threaded in and out by a screw and lever. Some metal jaw vises have a huge capacity but wood jaw vises. The rapid action nut design on these vises is designed to save you time when clamping work pieces. For best results buy a vise that fits your needs and size of your workbench.
Yost professional grade woodworking vises designed for professionals the yost professional grade woodworking vises are designed for home craftsman. A woodworking vise according to its dictionary definition consists of two jaws for holding work and a mechanism usually a screw device that opens and closes those jaws that s a rather broad.