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Quick-change platforms for benchtop tools
Small, simple bases with cleats allow benchtop tools to be clamped easily in a bench vise and removed and stored just as quickly.
I have a number of auxiliary vises, tools, and jigs that I mount on my benchtop from time to time. I’ve added small, simple bases to each, with a cleat that allows them to be clamped quickly in my main vise, and removed and stored just as fast.
—RICK DOUGALL, Corvallis, Ore.
Illustrations by Dan Thornton
From Fine Woodworking issue #307
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good idea, thanks Rick.
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