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- From: millios@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (william.l.millios)
- Subject: Re: New Workbench (was Re: Hey! Lets have a survey....)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.175118.21335@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- References: <1993Jan26.221406.15837@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1993Jan28.163747.2377@bmers145.bnr.ca>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:51:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.163747.2377@bmers145.bnr.ca> tpc@bnr.ca writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.221406.15837@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:
- >> To all of that I added the novel "twin screw" end vice from Vertias, with a
- >> large maple jaw drilled for dogs on the sides and top, matching those on the
- >> main benchtop. This vice uses a pair of 1.25" acme thread screws, with small
- >> sprockets and a bicycle chain connecting them, causing them to turn in unison
- >> when either handle is used. Nifty.
- >
- >Yes; I'm definitely going this way when the time comes. It's a great idea,
- >kudos to Veritas for coming up with it...
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- Kudos where kudos are due. Scott Landis, in The Workbench Book,
- has a picture of this very same thing from somebody's shop somewhere.
- Sorry, can't remember name/location, but I know it didn't originate
- in the R and D department of Veritas.
-
- Bill
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