Machinist's vise

A vise comprising:

• a housing block formed with a guide groove defining a longitudinal direction;
• a fixed jaw secured and not movable relative to the block;
• a movable jaw spaced in the direction on the block from the fixed jaw;
• a spindle extending in the direction between the jaws along a spindle axis generally parallel to the longitudinal direction;
• a support mounted on the spindle in the groove at the fixed jaw and provided with a pivot pin projecting along a fixed-jaw axis perpendicular to the spindle axis, the fixed jaw being formed with a recess complementary to and receiving the pin, whereby the support can pivot about the fixed-jaw axis relatiive to the fixed jaw on the pin;
• a bearing between the spindle and the support fixing the support against relative displacement along the spindle axis while permitting the spindle to rotate relative to the support about the spindle axis;
• a nut threaded on the spindle at the movable jaw and having a surface centered on a movable-jaw axis perpendicular to the spindle axis and parallel to the fixed-jaw axis;
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• a slide carrying the movable jaw, displaceable along the guide, and formed with a recess complementary to and receiving the surface of the nut, whereby the nut can pivot relative to the movable jaw and slide about the movable-jaw axis whereby the spindle has limited pivotability with respect to the fixed and movable jaws.