Here is my bench vise from PanaVise. It is made in USA. I use this piece of marvellous tool to hold my scale model parts in place during painting, filing or for other work.
It is recommended to choose a bench vise with plastic or wooden jaws and not metal jaws. This is because you will be working with soft plastic part. Bench vises with metal jaws might damage the plastic parts during clamping if you are not careful. The jaws of my bench vise is covered with smooth plastic as you can see in the photograph.
It is recommended to choose a bench vise with plastic or wooden jaws and not metal jaws. This is because you will be working with soft plastic part. Bench vises with metal jaws might damage the plastic parts during clamping if you are not careful. The jaws of my bench vise is covered with smooth plastic as you can see in the photograph.
The clamped piece of part is from my 1:35 scale model, Verlinden Productions Afrika Korps Party WWII. This kit is made in Belgium. It is a very good quality kit by Verlinden!
Now, with the part being clamped, both your hands and fingers will be free to work rather then holding onto the part with one hand and working on it with the other. You will surely find it easier to paint all those tiny portions like the eyes and faces. You can also use the bench vise to hold two cemented parts together until they dried.
You should be able to find many uses for your bench vise once you own one! What do you think?
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