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A detailed buying guide: how to choose clamps, vises and holding tools.
This section covers hand tools for holding and clamping workpieces: engineer's and woodworking vices, F, G, quick-release, spring and corner clamps, and mechanical pullers. They keep the workpiece still while sawing, sanding, gluing, welding and assembling. General guidance: what hand tools are and how to choose them.
A vice is mounted on the workbench and holds the workpiece firmly while you work on it, while a clamp is portable and presses parts together or to the bench. A workshop usually needs both.
For a vice, jaw width and maximum opening matter; for a clamp, clamping length and throat depth. Choose a size slightly larger than your usual workpieces.
Cast iron and steel vices withstand hammer blows, and a clamp's steel bar should not bend under clamping force. About materials: hand tool materials, hardness, coatings and ergonomics.
Screw clamps deliver high force, quick-release clamps work with one hand, and spring clamps are handy for quickly holding light parts.
Fix the vice firmly to the bench and do not overtighten the screw with an extension lever. Read how to use hand tools safely.
Clean chips off the screw and oil it so it turns easily. Read how to maintain, store and organize hand tools.
At ToolsArmenia you can choose vices and clamps by size, mechanism and material for the workshop and woodworking.
