"Leon" wrote in message
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"Bill" wrote in message
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I just posted a thread called "vices" (misspelled) to r.b.p.w that has a
picture containing at least 5 vises.

I would appreciate if you may be able to identify them or comment on
whether they may be worth owning or not. To this point, I have been
considering Rockler's 9" quick-release vise for a front vise.

Thank you,
Bill

For 30 years I have doing with out a permanent vise. I recall way back in
school the vises on the work benches having a wooden handle and something
like a 1/8 turn counter clockwise would release tension and allow forward
and backward movement without turning the handle. Closing the vise
against an object and turning the handle clockwise would reengage the
handle and the handle would again tighten. The vise also had a dog that
would slide up.
That is what I would like to have now.


I used to use one quick-release vises too--at "The Boys Club of America",
now called
"The Boys and Girls Club of America" and briefly in high school. Seems like
they were at least 10" wide,
maybe more. I remember getting pinched by the wooden handle more than
once.

While, we are on the topic of vises--does it matter much what sort of wood
one
uses for the jaw clamps? It seems like if one uses hard maple, then it may
be
more likely to "dent" the work than a less dense wood. Anything to this?

Bill