Abstract: An improved vise for supporting a workpiece during moderate to light working operations comprises first and second jaw members and a support means formed of a polymer plastic. The support means comprises a support body for the jaw members and a base body. The support body includes a bowl shaped member which is received in a cavity of the base body. A restraining means enables repositioning of the support body at a plurality of different orientations and for restraining the body at a selected orientation.

Abstract: A vise for use with sawhorses and workbenches in which swivel jaws having specially configured feet are detachably connected to an apertured channel. Advantageously, the jaws can be connected to either side or the top of the channel to position the workpiece either vertically or horizontally. In the preferred form, a movable box-like drive assembly carrying one of the jaws is driven by a threaded shaft upon rotation of a hand crank to move the driven jaw into clamping engagement with the workpiece.

Abstract: A portable worktable is provided which is adapted to be supported on and mounted to an available auxiliary support structure for positioning and gripping a work piece and to provide a work surface at a desired work level. The worktable is configured to utilize the auxiliary support structure for supporting or steadying a work piece. An extensible mounting device which is adapted to be retracted and nested in a base of the worktable for storage is described.

Abstract: A holder is described for temporarily mounting a ski on a work surface for permitting the ski to be tuned or otherwise routinely maintained by filing the ski edges and bottoms and for coating the ski bottoms etc. Each holder has a threaded clamp for mounting it on a work table or other convenient surface and has a pivotally mounted vacuum ski engaging device at its top for removably engaging the ski. Two of these holders firmly position a ski on the work surface for the ski tuning operation.

Abstract: An adjustable clamp for holding a workpiece wherein the clamp is characterized by a pair of fixed, opposing jaws and a first clamping member movably disposed on one of said jaws. The adjustable clamp further comprises a second clamping member movably attached to a clamp positioning bar formed on the body of the adjustable clamp whereby the second clamping member may be selectively positioned in first and second clamping positions with respect to a normal plane between the jaws. A second embodiment for the adjustable clamp is disclosed comprising a third clamping member operatively mounted on the other jaw in substantially opposing relation to the first clamping member, whereby a workpiece may be centered between the two jaws.

Abstract: A worktable adapted to be mounted to the surface of an auxiliary support structure is disclosed having means for selectably orientating a worktable surface to enable a gripped work piece to be positioned at different attitudes.

Abstract: A support for a corner clamp which maintains two trim strips at a ninety degree angle is provided which allows pivoting of the clamped trim from a horizontal plane to a vertical plane. The corner clamp is mounted to the support so that the clamped trim may be rotatably adjusted in their plane.

Abstract: A work holder comprising a work engaging member having a work engaging face, a shaft generally normal to the work engaging face and a loose sleeve about the shaft carrying an outstanding arm and end jaw, the sleeve being contractible about the shaft for clamping a work piece between the jaw and work engaging member.

Abstract: A special clamping block in combination with a screw clamp fitted with a pair of bores, one bore provided on the top face of the screw clamp and the other bore provided on the outer side face of the screw clamp, the special clamping block having a clamping ring at the end thereof adapted to receive the neck of an electrical hand drill at said end and having a projection plug which fits either into the top face bore of the screw clamp or the outer side face bore whereby the drill may be positioned to the side of the screw clamp or over the top surface thereof.

Abstract: A vise for holding a fish hook during the operation of tying a fly thereon. A shaft is secured to a stable surface, the shaft having an upper coupling integral therewith. A base head is pivotally secured to the shaft coupling, the base head having a threaded aperture disposed therethrough adapted to receive a rotatable bolt therein. The rotatable bolt extends through the base head and is secured to an intermediate housing. The intermediate housing is rotatable in a 360.degree. arc with respect to an axis through the base head. A vise assembly is pivotally coupled to the opposite end of the intermediate housing. The vise assembly is adjustable at both the forward and rearward section of the jaws permitting the mounting of very small fish hooks. The vise assembly, intermediate housing and base head provide for three-dimensional movement of the mounted fish hook to facilitate the tying of flies thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed is a work holder assembly for retaining jewelry articles, the work holder including a clamp assembly for clamping retention of the jewelry article, a bench mount assembly, and a gimbal-type connector coupling the clamp with the bench mount. The gimbal connector includes a ring assembly rotatably and hingedly connected with the bench mount and rotatably connected with the clamp. A filing block, interchangeable with the clamp assembly, is adapted for connection with the bench mount.

Abstract: A device for tying fish flies onto the shank of a fishing hook. The device includes a rotatable shaft and a one-way clutch for rotating the shaft about the longitudinal axis of the shaft and for holding the shaft at any rotational position. Clamping means, including a pair of jaws, are mounted on the end of the shaft at a compound angle to the axis of the shaft. The clamping means includes a pair of jaws which terminate immediately adjacent to the axis so that when the hook is held in the jaws its shank is coaxial with the axis of the shaft and fully exposed. The shaft and clutch are mounted on a beam, whose height is adjustable. A clamp base secures the device to a table or other surface. A thread cradle is mounted on the beam and a spring clip for holding fly making components is mounted on the shaft.

Abstract: A work hold-down for use with a drill press and like machine tools including a sleeve loosely slidable along a column and contractible for clamping to the column, an arm extending from the sleeve over a work table, and a presser depending from the arm remote from the sleeve for downward pressing engagement for a work piece on the table when the sleeve is contracted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a work support device in the form of a vice for rigidly supporting a work piece and enabling adjustment of the position of the workpiece to any desired angular position. The vice includes a pair of conventional vice jaws or a jig for holding the workpiece. The jaws or jig are mounted for rotational movement about a first axis when released from a locked position and also for tilting movement through 90.degree. with respect to the first axis. This movement is achieved by mounting the jaws or jig on a ball of a ball and socket arrangement wherein the socket is slotted to enable said tilting movement. The socket arrangement is mounted for rotation, when released from a locked position, in a plane normal to the plane of rotation of the jaws or jig. Thus by a combination of rotational movement of the jaws or jig and the socket arrangement as well as tilting movement of the jaws or jig the workpiece may be disposed in any angular orientation and locked in said position.

Abstract: A cabinet installation tool includes a frame of adjustable depth to be engagingly mounted across the top of a base cabinet, a vertical support member carried by the frame, a horizontal plate mounted atop the vertical support member for engaging the bottom of a wall cabinet, and means for adjusting the height of the vertical support member, so that by using one or more of the tools a single person may mount a wall cabinet following installation of the base cabinet.

Abstract: A C-shaped channel mounted on the edge of a table or bench hingeably supports a circuit board clamping member capable of pivoting between a first inclined position in which the mounting side of the circuit board faces upwardly at an angle which enables the user readily to position electronic components in their proper location on the board and a second position in which the reverse or soldering, side of the circuit board faces upwardly in horizontal attitude thereby allowing the user quickly and accurately to solder, wire or otherwise connect the components.

Abstract: A vise designed in particular to support a clamped device to facilitate the performing of precise and intricate operations upon the device in a wide variety of positions. The vise includes a plurality of interconnected members which permits the clamping jaw assembly of the vise to be pivotly moved about three separate intersecting axes providing for an infinite number of positions in respect to the vise housing. Each of the movements are controlled by a friction brake.

Abstract: A small vise for fly tying, holding small parts and the like features a pair of jaws which are slidable within an enveloping nose piece. The jaws and nose are formed with complementary sliding surfaces which together with a transverse guide pin between the jaws assure that the gripping faces of the jaws are parallel throughout their travel as well as impart a self-locking ability to the jaws.

Abstract: A holding clamp means provides a 3-point tight although releasable clamping of a pair of locking pliers, the clamping involving a torque-imposing and a torque-resisting effect achieving particularly snug and sturdy tightness even though easily releasable, and the clamp means itself is mounted on an adjustable stand or support; and thus the clamp means optionally and releasably serves economically as a bench-mounted clamp or vise.

Abstract: A tool or jig for holding a workpiece is disclosed herein which includes a base having at least four arms joined at a common center and radiating outwardly at 90.degree. angles to each other. The free or cantilevered end of each arm carries a universal joint interconnected with an extension having a self-biasing closure member carried thereon. The closure member may take the form of a clip. The clip is utilized for releasably holding the workpiece and a selected one of the clips constitutes an anchor member for detachably supporting the tool on a support base. Manually operated locking devices releasably secure the clip extension in a selected attitude or orientation with respect to the base.

Abstract: A ski clamping apparatus for holding one or a pair of snow skis while sharpening and waxing the skis. A pair of identical clamps are mounted on a support, such as on a top of a desk or a cabinet, with the clamps spaced apart for supporting the ski or skis at longitudinally spaced areas. Each clamp has a pair of clamping sections, with each section adapted to hold a ski at the longitudinal edges thereof and with the bottom of the ski facing upwardly to permit filing and waxing of the bottom of the ski or adapted to hold a ski while resting on its lower edge, the upper edge of the ski facing upwardly. With such an arrangement the edges of both skis can be sharpened simultaneously by an implement mounted at a predetermined angle to the exposed upper edges.

Abstract: A bench holder for a clock mechanism under repair. The holder comprises a pair of parallel-disposed, clock-mechanism, platelike holding jaws. A jaw support rod is rigidly fixed to one jaw and projects therefrom. A pair of manual adjusting screws adjustably supports the second jaw on the first jaw for a parallel opening and closing movement of the jaws. A first bench top support stand has an elongated shaft formed at one end with a first socket receiving hole. A clamping collar is adjustably fixed to the end of the shaft having the first socket hole. The collar and the shaft are each formed with aligned holes on an axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the first socket hole. The jaws may be optionally inserted into either the first socket hole in the shaft or in the aligned socket holes and rotated within each of the socket holes to effect a desired attitude of the clock mechanism. In the first bench top support stand, the shaft is telescopically received by a tube supported on a base.

Abstract: A work hold-down including a sleeve engaged about a column for free slidability and tiltability relative to the column, the sleeve being contractible for urgence from a tilted position toward a longitudinal position on the column, and an arm extending from the sleeve for movement therewith, the arm being downwardly engageable with a resting workpiece with the arm swung at least partially upwardly to releasably clamp the workpiece in position.

Abstract: A vise is combined with a C clamp and the C clamp is fitted with at least 2 plug members fitting into receiving holes in the vise or in the C clamp, there being a larger number of holes than plug members whereby the C clamp, plugs and holes permit various orientations of the vise on a work bench.

Abstract: A flat rectangular workpiece, such as a photographic plate in a photo-repeating apparatus designed to produce integrated-circuit masks, laterally overhangs a platform of a carriage which is slidable on a mobile supporting table. The platform has two end stops and a side stop defining the relative position of the workpiece thereon, the overhanging edges of the workpiece entering between upper and lower jaws of three grippers -- one on one side and two on the other -- when the carriage is slid into a working position. The lower gripper jaws, constituted by spring-loaded plungers normally held down by suction, are then released to lift the workpiece off the platform while clamping it against the overlying upper jaws.

Abstract: A holder includes a first clamp and a second clamp, the first clamp having a first extension and the second clamp having a second extension, and gripping means having an opening defined therein for receiving the first and second extensions. The opening within the gripping means is of variable size so as to permit rotation of the first and second clamps when the opening is not constricted and to prevent rotation of either the first or second clamps when the opening is constricted, means also being provided to vary the size of the opening within the gripper means. Frictionless washers are interposed between the gripping means and the clamps and the extensions are spaced from each other, even when assembled, so as to facilitate the angular adjustment of the clamps and the workpieces held thereby, the stable support of the device nevertheless being maintained due to the interaction between the gripping means and the clamp extensions.