The bench vice is a useful tool for holding anything that can fit into the jaws and needs sawing, filing, or chiseling.
The jaws are serrated to give extra grip and they're also very hard, which means that when the vice is done up tightly, the jaws can mark whatever they’re gripping. To prevent this a pair of soft jaws can be fitted whenever the danger of damage arises. They're usually made of aluminum or some other soft metal.
Some things can be awkward to grip vertically in a plain vice, so there’s another style called an offset vice.
These slots in the work table of this drill are designed for a drill vice. To hold something firmly and drill it accurately, it has to be secured in the jaws of the vice. The vice can me moved on the bed until the precise drilling point is located, and then tightened down by bolts to fix the drill vice in place during drilling.
A G-clamps name comes from its shape. It can hold parts together while they're being assembled, or maybe drilled or welded. It can reach around awkwardly shaped pieces that won't fit in a vice. And it’s portable so it can be taken to the work.
