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Vise Clamps in One Unit - 1940

To avoid teeth marks on soft materials that are clamped in a vise, you need to have a soft gripping material between the vise jaws and your material. These fiber vise clamps are permanently attached together so they are always at hand, ready for instant use. The fiber is fixed to two wooden blocks, and these are screwed to a piece of spring steel.

Originally published in Popular Mechanics Magazine - December 1940 - Copyright 1940, by Popular Mechanics Co. in the United States, Australia and France. All commercial use and rights to use as prescribed by U.S. Copyright law.