Setting up your workpiece is often the hardest part of any machining operation. The goal is to secure the workpiece so it can’t move during machining in such a way that nothing gets in the way of the ...

[Chris Borge] was doing some fine tapping operations, and wanted a better way to position his workpieces. This was critical to avoid breaking taps or damaging parts. To this end, he whipped up a ...

And, like a larger traditional bench vise, it has two jaws – one fixed, one moveable – between which the object in question gets clamped. Whereas the jaws on a conventional bench vise are just flat ...