But a bench vise is (probably) what pops into most of our heads when discussing vises. They’re lumpy, made of metal, and have a bar on one end that looks like an airplane propeller for ...

By turning the center gear with a lever, it rotates the gears on the end which are fixed ... The back of the vise is mounted inside the workbench, which keeps the look clean and doesn’t take ...

Being enthusiastic DIYers, we were excited to test the top bench vises for ourselves—and determine which ones really offered the gripping power we needed. We decided to try them in our own workshop.