Router Bit Holding Vise

A router bit vise for holding and preventing the rotation of a bit for a tool, especially a multiple part router bit, in a selected direction comprising:

• a generally rectangular tool housing with two generally planar outer surfaces and an axial uniform diameter cylindrical through-bore transverse to the planar surfaces;
• a one-way clutch assembly including a generally cylindrical clutch housing and an internal one-way clutch mechanism with an axial open-ended passage, said one-way clutch mechanism generally coaxially located in said axial uniform diameter cylindrical throughbore of said tool housing;
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• an axial passageway of the one-way clutch mechanism sized to accept the insertion of a cylindrical router bit shank having a circumferential surface for locking clutch engagement with said clutch mechanism upon attempting rotation of said router bit shank about the axis of said passage in one rotational sense, and freewheeling movement in the opposite rotational sense, said router bit shank having an axial dimension greater than the axial dimension of said axial passage,
• a generally cylindrical bore sized to accept a one-way clutch mechanism with an axial passage-way sized to retain the router bit perpendicular to the planar surfaces of the housing.