This style of vise is one of the easiest and most economical to make, and enabled the woodworker to grip workpieces of considerable width and size, important in the days when lumber was plentiful and cheap and available in sizes long absent from today’s lumber suppliers. The screw and fittings were likely sold alone, and it was up to the purchaser to make the jaws out of whatever material he preferred.
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