thats WODEN, not WOODEN. Looks just like the stanley. I've not seen a sargeant.

and I really don't know what country their from, although I have seen a
Woden vise, proported to be from Holland.

Eric

At 07:09 PM 5/26/98 -0500, sroncef@f... wrote:
>The Sargent #79 solves the problem by giving you a
>built-in "knob" (a protrusion at the front to hook your
>thumb around).  Works better than the Stanley #78
>IMHO.  Don't know about the woodie.  It's too hot
>in Texas to buy those firewood things.  ;-)
>
>Frank (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)
>
>eric coyle wrote:
>
>> There is a non-stanley solution to the problem of front pressure on a 78,
>> and it's fairly easily accomplished.
>> You turn a little knob on a square block and cut it off on a bevel and drill
>> it so that you can mount it in the front blade position using the blade
>> holding bolt. Now, you can put more pressure on the front.
>>
>> The Woden 78oid came with this knob, and it was such a clever idea that I'm
>> suprised Satanly didn't do it too!!
>>
>> Now if only those little fences would stay still......
>>
>> Cowtown Eric
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