Chances are pretty good that most of us have used a bench vise to do things far beyond its intended use. That’s understandable, as the vise may be the most powerful hand tool in many shops, capable of ...

A good bench vise is an essential tool in any shop. Here are tips and facts about those oft-overlooked necessities: A blacksmith’s vise, aka a leg vise, is bolted to a work bench but has a leg that ...

There is nothing like experience. As contractors, one of thelessons we learned over years is that hard work pays off. However,as you may have discovered, hard work alone doesn’t always yielddesired ...

For most of us, a vise is the sort of thing you clamp onto the edge of a workbench and crank down by hand. It might even be made of plastic, depending on the kind of work you find yourself doing with ...

KURT WORKHOLDING announced new entries for the DXH hydraulic vise lineup — 4-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch sizes — for affordable, turnkey automation and consistent clamping and finished parts. Kurt DXH ...

Bill Ehnstrom of Vincent Precision Machining shows completed medical-device components done with five Kurt vises. Kurt vises make for fast changeovers at Vincent Precision Machining. Vincent Precision ...

Kurt Self-Centering vises have jaws for quickly matching centerlines in multiple vise setups, thereby reducing setup time. In addition, they quickly latch onto parts for better spindle utilization and ...

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