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   BG | Feb 27, 2006 03:34pm | #1

   Vwoodshop,
   I like the Jorgenson...quick release and wood handle. I've got a cheap Pony on the end mainly to just hold stock I'm planing. I also built the mini-bench with two veneer screws which holds wide stock for dovetailing, morticing, and odd shapes..the mini works great.
   I wish I knew about the Emmerts knock-offs when I was building my bench...if your going to do a lot of shaping...

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   Troy | Feb 28, 2006 01:05am | #2

   I have the large face vise and the shoulder vise from Lee Valley (you supply the wood) and they seem to be ok. If budget was not a concern I would look at the vises Lie Neilsen has, they look nice.

   Troy

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   Samson | Feb 28, 2006 01:39am | #3

   Anant has bought the Record molds and is producing the closest thing to actual records out there.  I have the 52 1/2 (9") size Anant as well as an original 52 1/2 and can say that the Anant is excellent.  Available from Highland Hardware (no affiliation).

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   Napie | Feb 28, 2006 06:01am | #4

   Look for an old patternmakers vice, or even the new reproductions.

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   triplenet | Mar 04, 2006 05:19pm | #5

   Check out this discussion on end vise.

   http://forums.taunton.com/fw-workshop/messages?msg=126.11

   I have a Record (discontinued, I think) with quick release for a side vise which works great. I would look at larger, rather than smaller metal vises as they are more stable, definitely get the quick release.

   Bob

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   Reginald | Mar 05, 2006 09:35pm | #6

   Two weeks ago I finished installing the Veritas twin screw tail vise and a more conventional front vise. Obviously I lack enough experience with either to have a worthwihile opinion on them, except on the topic of installation.

   My competence is average, yet I worked extremely carefully while installing them. The result surpassed my expectation. ("My god, they're accurately aligned! Even beautiful!") But, between them, that accuracy took a hell of a lot of work. In contrast, an article in FWW on work bench building, using the same hardware, implied that installation was simplicity itself.  True, I made the front face on each vise 8" tall and 3" thick, with the face on the twin screw vise about 29" long, the width of the bench. Thus each is massive, so as to keep plenty of maple around the bench dog holes in each.

   Owing to the nature of the twin-screw vise design, its jaw moves in and out easily only till opened about six inches or so, then gets harder to crank. On the other hand, the simpler, single-screw, front vise opens and shuts quite smoothly up to full extension.