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8. vICE MOUNTING CLAMP ASSEMBLY
8.1.
A Vice mounting Clamp API10 can be purchased as an optional extra to provide a base plate to which a vice can be mounted. The
mounting clamp also allows the vice to be stored out of the way, below the bench, when a full free work surface is required.
8.2.
Fig.7 below shows the clamp in the stowed away orientation. The mounting bars have to be removed from the clamp and positioned
under the bench as shown in fig.8-V. Place each bar in a diagonal orientation under the bench top then turn it so that the ends
are over the upper beams. Allow the slots in the ends of the mounting bars to rest over the upturned edges of the beams.
fig.7
8.3.
The main clamp is attached to a tube which is a sliding fit inside
the main mounting tube. Withdraw the clamp from the mounting
tube and fix the mounting tube to the two bars 'V', under the
work top using four short bolts as shown in fig.9.
fig.9
8.4.
Insert the clamp tube into the mounting tube as shown in fig.10-Y and rotate the clamp so that it is uppermost. Push the clamp tube into
the mounting tube until the clamp comes up against the edge of the bench and laps over the top of it as shown in fig.11.
8.5.
Loosen and remove the four bolts on the front of the clamp and lift the top plate away. Bolt the chosen vice to the top plate ensuring that
the fixings are within the depth of the plate. Place the vice and plate back onto the top of the bench over the lower part of the clamp and
bolt the two parts back together again. Tighten the clamping knob on the underside of the clamp assembly. See fig.10-Z.
8.6.
To stow the vice under the bench loosen the clamping knob
on the underside of the clamp assembly. See fig.10-Z. Keeping
a firm hold on the assembly pull the vice and top plate forwards
until they are clear of the bench edge. Allow the assembly to
slowly rotate through 180º until it is hanging downwards.
Push the assembly under the front edge of the bench until it is
in the orientation shown in fig.7.
© Jack Sealey Limited
fig.8
fig.10
fig.11
Original Language Version
API1500, API1800, API2100| Issue:2 (H3F) 20/03/19
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