When disengaged the movable jaw may be moved in or out throughout its entire range of motion, vastly speeding up the process of adjustment. The movable jaw may include a retractable dog to hold work against a bench dog.Ī "quick-release" woodworker's vise employs a split nut that allows the screw to engage or disengage with a half-turn of the handle. Its jaws are made of wood or metal, the latter usually faced with wood, called cheeks, to avoid marring the work. Types Face Wooden vise from Löffelholz-Codex, Nuremberg 1505 Woodworker's face vise, with entirely wooden jawsĪ face vise is the standard woodworking vise, always securely attached to a workbench flush with its work surface.
So originally, the tight grip of the mechanical device was likened to that of the twines of the plant. The etymology of vise can be tracked via Middle English vys Anglo-French vyz from Latin vitis " vine". Vises have two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.Ī vise grip is not a vise but a pair of lever-actuated locking pliers. JSTOR ( February 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī bench vise, B machine vise, C hand viseĪ vise or vice (British English) is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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