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    Toolmaker’s clamp modification, filing accessory

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    Yesterday, I was filing a square hole in a washer, held in my vice. I could just about manage this. But this morning I remembered an unsatisfactory clamp I have (one of the threads was damaged). So, why not use it so it could hold a small item in the vice?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philip Davies View Post
    Yesterday, I was filing a square hole in a washer, held in my vice. I could just about manage this. But this morning I remembered an unsatisfactory clamp I have (one of the threads was damaged). So, why not use it so it could hold a small item in the vice?
    All my homemade clamps have one jaw extended to provide a gripping area so they can be used in the bench vise.

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    It's an extremely handy feature to keep in mind when making clamps.

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    Yo, dawg, I heard you like a vise in your vise, so we made you a vise with a vise with a vise in it...

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    Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Small Parts Vise to our Vises category,
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    There's always a way. Love vices, er I mean vises.

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    Another example of why I tune in weekly, often several times a week, the idea and the comments expressed are golden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wizard69 View Post
    Another example of why I tune in weekly, often several times a week, the idea and the comments expressed are golden.
    Twas not truer words ever said.



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