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Using divider calipers to locate the center of stock.

Divider Calipers

Using divider calipers to locate the center of stock.

A device used for holding a gas or water main in position while it is tapped for a service pipe.

Crow

A device used for holding a gas or water main in position while it is tapped for a service pipe.

A sort of iron hook or bar, with one or more sharp fangs or claws at one end, which may be fastened into a piece of wood or other heay article. Used for moving.

Sling Dogs

A sort of iron hook or bar, with one or more sharp fangs or claws at one end, which may be fastened…

"Hand-vices are used in the manner implied by their name, without being attached to a bench like the foregoing." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Hand-Vice

"Hand-vices are used in the manner implied by their name, without being attached to a bench like the…

"Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born in Ohio on the 7th of September, 1819." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888

Thomas A. Hendricks

"Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born in Ohio on the 7th of September, 1819." —The Popular Cyclopedia,…

"The English parallel vice is little used except for small work." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Parallel Vice

"The English parallel vice is little used except for small work." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

An example of center punching.

Center Punching

An example of center punching.

"a. shank for fixing the implement to a bench; c. punch, hinged to a base b and e; and pressed upward by springs; h. screw-support for the back of the blade; d. gauge which may be adjusted for different-sized teeth. The blade is moved along to bring alternate teeth under the punch, which his struck with a hammer." —Whitney, 1889

Saw Set for a Work Bench

"a. shank for fixing the implement to a bench; c. punch, hinged to a base b and e; and pressed upward…

"The ordinary tail-vice used by mechanics has not yet been largely superseded, though many ingenious arrangements have been devised for remedying its main defect." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Tail-vice

"The ordinary tail-vice used by mechanics has not yet been largely superseded, though many ingenious…

A vice used to hold wood in place.

Vice

A vice used to hold wood in place.