pin vice

[PixMan]

When I saw the title for "pin vice" I thought I was going to see what we have here in the US as "pin vise". They are called that in the Starrett catalogs, and they make two different basic styles. One is a single angle collet inside (No.162's, in the box on the left) with reduced shank diameter to make it easier to spin them between you fingers. The other style (No.240's, in the plastic case) uses a longer double angle collet inside for maximum grip of gauge pins.



I guess this is another of example of "two nations divided by a common language."