When I was a young guy and got my first little vice I was thrilled. I'd hit the big time. I had a shop.
It's the one now mounted to a heavy pedestal. I mean very heavy. Wouldn't think of bolting it to the floor. Sometimes it gets dragged out to the garage or other locations.
Love having two woodwork vices on the work bench. Very handy sometimes when you can use both at once.
My, hands down, workhorse is my 6" vice bolted to my steel welding table which is bolted to the wall. I use a lot of force sometimes using the vice to bend metal or press things in or out. I put 1" x 1" bar extension jaws on it that give more flexibility for grabbing objects.
To me the vice is an indispensable part of the shop.
Ron
