Book 3 — Clamping a Wide Board on a Bench

A Block on the Bench and a Stick in the Vise Served as Jaws of a Wide Opening

Having occasion to cut a groove on the surface of a board too wide for the vise, I rigged up the arrangement shown to hold it. The board was laid on the bench with the edge slightly projecting, then I nailed a block firmly to the bench, close to the edge of the board, and placed a stick in the vise as shown. When the vise screw was turned up, the board was gripped solidly.—Contributed by S. H. Bosuston, Victoria, B. C.