This vice also functions almost like the quick release vice.Fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. Buttress threads are cut on its spindle and spring is fitted in it. It is used for holding wood and carrying out different operations on it. Its spiders are made of iron but jaws are made of wood. That is why when we strike hammer blows it does not have any bad effect. Its entire body is made of a rought iron. This type of vice has been shown in the Figure. On the upper side of both the jaws, a spindle is fitted in which square threads are cut.Ī box nut is fitted in the fixed jaw because of this when the handle is revolved, the movable jaw opens towards the outside. Between these two jaws, a strong spring leaf is fixed, with whose help movable jaw handle opens easily when revolved. Movable jaw and fixed jaw are joined with each other through a hinge. It is fitted in the workbench in a hanging manner. A hot job is fastened in it and blacksmithy operations like forging, bending, etc. It is generally used in the blacksmithy shop. Vice is tightened on the work table with two or three bolts. The size of the vice is taken from its breadth. By revolving this handle the movable jaw moves ahead or backward. The handle of the round rod is fixed in a hole made in the beginning part of the vice. In the spindle and the box, nut square threads are cut. This spindle sets in the threaded box-nut tightened in the fixed jaw. The spindle is fitted opposite to the movable jaw, which is fixed with the help of a pin and a spring. When the jaw plate is damaged it can be replaced. It is because of these dents that the grip of the job is very strong. In both the jaws, the tool steel plate is attached with a plate screw, which has dents. The fixed jaw is cast along with the vice. This vice is most widely used in a workshop.

The spindle handle is made of mild steel. The complete construction of this vice is made of cast iron. Types of Viceįor different jobs, different kinds of vice are used. Also, it can be said that a workshop is incomplete without a vice. The mechanical device used for holding jobs is called vice. In a workshop, it is absolutely necessary to hold a job strongly for the purpose of carrying out the various operations like filing, drilling, chipping or milling, etc.

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