A Guide to the Different Types of Vises
An integral tool in many woodworking, metalworking and other manufacturing applications is one of the basic mechanical devices used to keep a workpiece stationary. In specific bench vises (or workbench vice/vise) mount directly to a workbench in order to retain the workpiece during sawing, planning, and drilling tasks. This article discusses the various vision forms and explains the way vises operate and the materials they use. The most popular form of vise used for woodworking bench vice . It has a variety of components. The elements that support the workpiece are known as jaws. The workpiece can be secured by a screw-mechanism with a set of jaws that moves one jaw to the other until tightly attached to the workpiece. The jaws move one jaw toward the other. The jaws normally consist, depending on the particular application, of wood, plastic, or metal. Bench viss need not be attached inherently to workbenches — so long as the working surface is secure, a bench vision may be directly a...