On Oct 28, 10:57*am, "Joe AutoDrill" wrote:
... the wood vice I have now. *It works great except that sometimes I
need to hold a part in it that requires the "jaws" to be taller.

The dovetail-slide (machine) vise and rod guides (woodwork)
vise have the common need to apply force near the screw.
Otherwise, the slide binds.

To get better working distance, the old solution was the 'leg vise'
which had a hinge at the bottom (and didn't strictly keep the jaws
parallel).
Most common, nowadays, is to get a big Jorgensen clamp,
(aka wooden handscrew) and hold it in the bench vise.

There are hardware kits so you can make any size you like:

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=59472&cat=1,43838,47843