Well, I thought about it, and figured that if I made it deeper, I
could use it to hold a "small" box while I planed the sides.  Also to
hold drawers where the sides would have to be planed to fit. It's a
little under 6" deep.

But you do have a point.  I could have made it shallower.  And when I
would need to put something wider in the vise, all I would have to do
is add the right width spacer in the Record vise.  That way, I could
have gotten away with a shorter screw.  Duh!  That seems to be a
better, more efficient design.

Cheers,
Jack in Endwell, NY

BugBear asks:
>
> Any reason to have made it with so much capacity? Since it's
> a semi-dedicated DT vise, I'd have though 2" capacity would
> be enough, and save you working over and around the screw quite
> so much.

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