Vise

A vise, comprising a body having a lower base portion and an upper portion including a fixed jaw, the body further having a guide slot formed therein, a movable jaw slidably received in the guide slot, the movable jaw having a longitudinal opening formed therein and communicating with the base, an upstanding lug secured on the base and disposed in the longitudinal opening in the movable jaw, a rod threadably received in the lug and disposed within the longitudinal opening in the movable jaw, the movable jaw further having a hole formed therein and communicating with the longitudinal opening therein, the threaded rod having a portion projecting through the hole and forwardly of the movable jaw, such that the threaded rod is rotatably journaled in the hole in the movable jaw, a handle on the forwardly-projecting portion of the threaded rod, and a positioning nut keyed to the threaded rod, the nut being disposed within the longitudinal opening in the movable jaw and on the side of the hole opposite from the handle;

• the fixed jaw having an inner side and an outer side, the movable jaw having an inner side and an outer side, further each jaw having a clamp claw on the inner side and the outer side respectively such that the clamp claws on inner sides of the respective jaws may clamp a workpiece therebetween, and the clamp claws on the outer sides of the respective jaws may be adjustably disposed within a workpiece to secure the workpiece thereabout such that the jaw may bear forces in two directions;
• the movable jaw which is slidably received in the guide slot of the body further having an end extending outwardly from the guide slot of the body, the end further having an elongated notched slot therein;
• the upper portion of the body further having a concave notched recess therein, such that a workpiece may be disposed vertically through the slot in the end of the movable jaw and may be clamped against the cooperating notched recess in the body such that the workpiece may be secured therebetween;
• and the lower base portion of the body being secured to a work surface and the upper portion of the body being rotatably connected to the lower base portion of the body so that the upper portion may be rotated through 180.degree..