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Woodworking holdfast. But by the middle of the 19th. Before the advent of the modern vise holdfasts used to come in all sorts of sizes. It is designed to work in a 1 diameter holdfast hole that has been reamed to match your particular holdfast or holdfasts. This article was originally published in issue 4 of woodworking magazine which was published in the fall of 2005.
The shaft is 17 long. Originally hand forged in iron they became scarcer and scarcer as woodworking and tools became industrialized even though they actually are much quicker and easier to use than modern screw clamps. The gramercy holdfasts referred to in this article were prototypes not the current production models. The crucible holdfast weighs 5 pounds.
Workbenches were covered with holes top and side for clamping work everywhere. The holdfast was sufficiently important to rate almost half a page in moxon s mechanicks exercises 1678 the first book on woodworking in english. Each holdfast includes instructions on how to precisely fit your holdfast to your workbench.