Bill Noble wrote:


The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.

I have 2 Dawn woodworking vices which I bought abought 1967, they
have outlasted 3 workbenches. Current bench is only 15 years old.
My smallest engineers vice is also a Dawn, probably 30 years old.

Alan

Ok, Alan, please help me with the Australian to American translation of
"engineer" - I thought I had you guys figured out when I learned "bunny
duster", but this one has me baffled


In this case an "engineers vice" is a vice used for metal working .

The term "engineer" can be used loosely and can mean any qualified
tradesman who works in the metal working industry or similar .
Aircraft Engineer is a fancy term for an aircraft engine mechanic in
some cases ,unless the person can produce the formal qualification of
"Aircraft Engineer" by way of a degree.
Although one needs endorsement for each aircraft type to be able to
carry out maintenance work on aircraft ,so I guess this can qualify as a
formal qualification of a sort.

To use the term "engineer" formally is usually in the context that the
person has completed a University degree in , Mechanical , Hydraulic ,
Civil or Aviation Engineering.


Hope this helps.

--
Kevin (Bluey)
"I'm not young enough to know everything."