Blacksmith's foot vise - video

[schuylergrace]

Apparently, simple minds think alike because he has done a Mk. II version of his foot vise that has the moving jaw able to pivot. However, he discovered one issue that popped into my head earlier, regarding the dynamics of the jaws gripping a smaller piece of material. He also tried using bungee cords to make the jaws more resistant to closing if you're just resting your foot on the pedal. I was thinking the opposite way, though, that a strong spring could keep the jaws tightly closed, except when you really wanted to open them to release the part, but you'd need the foot pedal to work the other way around. And although this doesn't matter as much as the project, I liked the more subdued first video better. He quickly became annoying to me in the second one. I'm so old...

Here's a link to the video: