:? Having never used a bench with a tail vice, I can't quite see the fascination with them. Why do they seem so popular?
It's all about holding the work securely so that you can work on it effectively. Tail vices are used in conjunction with bench dogs so that the work can be fully supported by the bench top and gripped between dogs in the tail vice and bench top. Here's my bench which has five rows of dog holesphil.p":26jdme4y said::? Having never used a bench with a tail vice, I can't quite see the fascination with them.