Hand Vice with Cast Iron Body

A hand vice is extremely useful, when holding sheet metal and thin metal sections. This is especially the case when drilling. A machine vice, is not always the best way of holding materials. Sheet metal / thin sections can ‘spin’ out of machine vice when being drilled, because there is not enough surface area to hold it securely between the jaws. This is dangerous, because spinning sheet metal has the potential to cause serious injury. However, a hand vice is designed for holding thinner materials, with the jaws clamping the top and bottom surfaces (not the edges). Quality hand vices are manufactured from cast iron, with machined jaws, hardened and tempered.