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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 5, 2010 at 1:27am

I have the same question, so I will be interested in the answers. I want something I can temporarily hook to my WorkMate.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 5, 2010 at 2:09am

Well, bring you're in Australia, I don't know if you can get this but I use this. We have a store called Harbor Freight. They might ship or if you know of someone in the US.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 5, 2010 at 2:48am

I Googled a bit, and I think I am going to get this one, Cheap and easy.

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-portable-carpenters-vise-95203....

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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on September 5, 2010 at 3:48am

One like this would do the job and clamps to the tabe,low cost.
Cheers Ron.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on September 5, 2010 at 5:08am

I admit I just use a standard bench vise which I render "safe" with blocks of wood or "L" section trim pieces when necessary. Not the best but I get along.

When I'm doing serious wood removal from necks I just clamp the whole thing on my deck hand-rail with carpenter's clamps.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Cox on September 6, 2010 at 6:38am

I've found building and playing cbg's quite a good vice. If you're looking for a vise, however, be careful about Harbor Freight. We have one here in Western New York, and much of their stuff is cheap Asian-imports of questionable quality. Now, I'm not saying that just because something is imported from Asia, it's junk. But when it comes to tools, I want to hold it and examine it first.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Harrison on September 6, 2010 at 12:53pm

I like this type of vice because the one jaw floats and will fit a tapered neck perfectly. I am sure there are other brands that have the floating jaw at a fair price. Cheers Bob

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Permalink Reply by Brett Morgan on September 6, 2010 at 7:57pm

Looks handy Bob, where can we grab these online? amazon is all out ;( Brett PS: nevermind found this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-63218-10-Inch-13-Inch-Woodworking/dp/B...
Bob Harrison said:

I like this type of vice because the one jaw floats and will fit a tapered neck perfectly. I am sure there are other brands that have the floating jaw at a fair price.

Cheers Bob

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Permalink Reply by Johnny Debit on September 7, 2010 at 7:43am

I don't have a lot of room either, so I went with the truley portable option of the Triton Superjaws.

There's a newer type on the market now by Rockwell

I use it for everything and everywhere. I've even found myself building more jigs to fit it then for my workbench.

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Permalink Reply by Brian "Pork Pie" Anderson on September 7, 2010 at 9:12am

http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=Clamps+%...



This is what I use...the best vice you will get for the money

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Permalink Reply by L.J. on September 7, 2010 at 9:40am

I love that vice, Guess Id better sell a few more cbgs
Bob Harrison said:

I like this type of vice because the one jaw floats and will fit a tapered neck perfectly. I am sure there are other brands that have the floating jaw at a fair price.

Cheers
Bob

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Permalink Reply by Mike Willmouth on September 7, 2010 at 10:18am

I use double sided sticky tape to hold down my necks to work on them. Not a long strip, just a couple of short strips will do.

I sometimes use this vise though:

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