Hello group, I'm new here and new to the hobby. The archives you guys
have built up here are great. Thanks for that.

I bet I could find this answer in the archives but I can't find the
right search string. I just started my workbench project, a Good Fast
Cheap varient. I've got two vices, one a new inexpensive vice from
Rockler, and an old Wilton that weighs a ton. I'm looking at these
vices and I'm wondering which one should mounted where. I'm inclined to
use the massive Wilton for the face, thinking that that position will
see the most use and therefore will benefit more from the massiveness.
On the other hand, the newer lighter vice has a quick release, and I
imagine that that would be real handy on the front vise. I'd
appreciate any opinions regarding how I should be thinking about this.
Thanks in advance.

On 13 Apr 2006 21:14:09 -0700, "pwef" wrote:

... snip I've got two vices,


I've got two vices too, but I'm trying to overcome them. ;-)



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D'oh! And I knew about my problem with vices, too, and I still did it.

Mark & Juanita wrote:

On 13 Apr 2006 21:14:09 -0700, "pwef" wrote:

... snip I've got two vices,


I've got two vices too, but I'm trying to overcome them. ;-)


Mine used to be equal, but now that I'm an old man ....

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It's turtles, all the way down

"pwef" wrote in message
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Hello group, I'm new here and new to the hobby. The archives you guys
have built up here are great. Thanks for that.

I bet I could find this answer in the archives but I can't find the
right search string. I just started my workbench project, a Good Fast
Cheap varient. I've got two vices, one a new inexpensive vice from
Rockler, and an old Wilton that weighs a ton. I'm looking at these
vices and I'm wondering which one should mounted where. I'm inclined to
use the massive Wilton for the face, thinking that that position will
see the most use and therefore will benefit more from the massiveness.
On the other hand, the newer lighter vice has a quick release, and I
imagine that that would be real handy on the front vise. I'd
appreciate any opinions regarding how I should be thinking about this.
Thanks in advance.

It sounds like both vices have similar functions and I question the need for
both on a bench. Have you thought of getting a second vice to use with dog
holes?

Frank Drackman wrote:
It sounds like both vices have similar functions and I question the need for
both on a bench. Have you thought of getting a second vice to use with dog
holes?

That is my thinking, that the end vice would be used in conjunction
with square bench dog holes. Both vises can accommodate dogs.

On 14 Apr 2006 15:58:49 -0700, "pwef" wrote:

Frank Drackman wrote:
It sounds like both vices have similar functions and I question the need for
both on a bench. Have you thought of getting a second vice to use with dog
holes?

That is my thinking, that the end vice would be used in conjunction
with square bench dog holes. Both vises can accommodate dogs.

If it's the same cheap vise as I got from Rockler say goodbye to that
plastic dog about the 3rd time you use it. Replacing it with wood
isn't much of a problem though. But that's where I have mine, as an
end vise.


-Leuf

pwef wrote:
Frank Drackman wrote:

It sounds like both vices have similar functions and I question the need for
both on a bench. Have you thought of getting a second vice to use with dog
holes?


That is my thinking, that the end vice would be used in conjunction
with square bench dog holes. Both vises can accommodate dogs.

I, too, have numerous vices, but none deal with a dog's hole!

;-)
Glen

In article et,
Glen wrote:
pwef wrote:
Frank Drackman wrote:

It sounds like both vices have similar functions and I question the need for
both on a bench. Have you thought of getting a second vice to use with dog
holes?


That is my thinking, that the end vice would be used in conjunction
with square bench dog holes. Both vises can accommodate dogs.

I, too, have numerous vices, but none deal with a dog's hole!

Oh? you've never been guilty of trying to put a square dog in a round hole?

In article .com,
pwef wrote:
Hello group, I'm new here and new to the hobby. The archives you guys
have built up here are great. Thanks for that.

I bet I could find this answer in the archives but I can't find the
right search string. I just started my workbench project, a Good Fast
Cheap varient. I've got two vices, one a new inexpensive vice from ...

I commend unto you, the words of Mae West, who opined:

"When confronted with the choice between two vices,
I try to select the one I haven't tried before."