Details of the vices I am using together with suggestions for possible alternatives if your location makes these difficult to obtain are given at the end of the article next month (see Ed's Bench this month). Their nominal jaw widths are 40, 64, 80 and 100mm and they open to similar values. In upgrading these vices to approach those of a Toolmaker's Vice we are attempting to achieve an accurate result, at least as far as can reasonably be accomplished in the home workshop. This will not, of course, be equal to that of an industrial Toolmakers Vice. The tasks that can be undertaken can be divided into two groups. One contains those features that are essential if the vices are to be reworked whilst the other group are for features that can be omitted. Even so, all in this group can be omitted or included but not individually.
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