Vice Confusion.

[stuey]

Is this the correct way to use a clamp-on vise? http://i61.tinypic.com/2ziotgg.jpg

[bhg481]

No, you've got the table and object in the wrong jaws.

[bookbinder]

It looks a bit, sort of, upside down to me. Maybe if you had stuck a piece of veneer on the table, and you wanted to make sure it stuck, this would be one way of doing that. But it still seems a bit odd.

[stuey]

Just joshin':) I imagine that there might be a time when you would want to use it this way; however, I'm sitting here stroking my jaws trying to think of one and nothing comes to mind. Any one care to guess what that object might be?

[stuey]

No one wants to guess this "show and tell"? A clue is that my hobby is clock repair and maintenance.

[Retrochic]

stuey its a tool of manual labor -I am a blond female -puh-leese! Bet its something to do with cuckoo clocks that grey bit looks vaguely familiar

[stuey]

It's a tool for manipulating the main springs when they are out of the movement so that you can clean and lubricate them safely. http://i60.tinypic.com/2qi7c48.jpg

[Retrochic]

ah I've seen one of those curly wurly thingies when I took the back off a clock. Does your wife know you are clamping things onto the dining room table ?

[-Talbot-]

Phew!

...I thought it was going to be on your nipples!

[stuey]

Anytime you see a wound up spring, treat it like an unexploded bomb (slight exaggeration). On that particular one, when it's completely wound up into a coil of 2" diameter it contains 96" of 3/8" wide and 1/64" thick steel lurking around itching to get free. Talbot, for that usage I'd have to buy another one:)