keg99
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[Hopefully this is the best place to post this question.]
I was given a vice from a friend. At first I thought it was a saw vise. But then I looked closer and – having no experience with saw vises – I began to reconsider.
It has tall vise jaws that can hold a saw blade for sharpening. But is also has the capacity to hold a very large item since the jaws can open quite wide.
It spins on a post – to flip a saw blade around for sharpening? But it has an odd feature. There is an arm (A) that can push on the post (B). This seems to control how the vise spins on the post. But it cannot be adjusted on the fly. You have to pull the vise off the post to make an adjustment.
When pulled from the post, you can see the loose arm with an adjustment nut (C). It has a cam-style end (D) that pushes on the post.
Is this just a normal saw vise and my lack of experience is showing. Or is there some other particular use for this style of vise?
I was given a vice from a friend. At first I thought it was a saw vise. But then I looked closer and – having no experience with saw vises – I began to reconsider.
It has tall vise jaws that can hold a saw blade for sharpening. But is also has the capacity to hold a very large item since the jaws can open quite wide.
It spins on a post – to flip a saw blade around for sharpening? But it has an odd feature. There is an arm (A) that can push on the post (B). This seems to control how the vise spins on the post. But it cannot be adjusted on the fly. You have to pull the vise off the post to make an adjustment.
When pulled from the post, you can see the loose arm with an adjustment nut (C). It has a cam-style end (D) that pushes on the post.
Is this just a normal saw vise and my lack of experience is showing. Or is there some other particular use for this style of vise?