Ever see the rectangular holes running down the length of the bench? You put
a dog (or a piece of wood) in these holes and the vises at the end of the
bench has a dog that pushes the work between the fixed dog on the bench and
the moveable dog in the vise. By shifting the dog to different holes on the
bench you get different clamping ranges.
max

I too am considering vises for my new workbench. What do you mean by "the
ability to clamp between a fixed and moving dog?"
Thanks in advance
Dave


"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:25 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Malcolm Webb) wrote:

Question now is -- which vice do I use as the tail vice?

Big one on the front as the face vice.

I see no usefulness in tail vices. What's sometimes useful is a "notch
in the front edge" vice, which could be emulated by a small tail vice,
so long as the jaw edge is flush with the bench's long edge.

What I really find most useful on my bench (a Tage Frid) isn't the
vices, but the ability to clamp between a fixed and moving dog. My
next bench will have two rows of dog holes.

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