THE VICE
Depending on their use, vices can vary in size. They are generally made of smelting, which ensures their solidity and stability. The body of the vice is securely fixed to the bench or to a dedicated support. One of the jaws (or clamps) is part of the body of the vice. The latter is crossed by a long screw and features a slide. Both are arranged perpendicular to the jaws. The worm screw ends in a crank allowing the jaws to be tightened or loosened. The second jaw is movable and moves within the slide of the body, driven by the screw.
By tightening the jaws of the vice, one can thus firmly secure a support, a component or a hand tool, or even a machine (fixed graver). To avoid damaging the surface of objects clamped by the vice jaws, thin plates of soft metal (aluminium, copper, tin, etc.), called vice clamps, are sometimes inserted between the vice jaws and the object to be clamped.
Universal, the vice is used for a great many operations and by all trades.
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