Versatile vise

Claim 1

A versatile vise comprising: a jaw holder having a base, said jaw holder including a longitudinal shaft hole which is separated by a lateral groove into a rear hole and a front hole, said longitudinal shaft hole having a hole axis; an attaching means for attaching said base to a surface; a punch plate including a central hole mounted in said rear hole of said longitudinal shaft hole adjacent said front hole; a back jaw including a central C-shaped ring defining a central threaded hole and a C-shaped hole thereabout, and a plurality of back jaw faces disposed about said central ring; a mounting means for mounting and locking said back jaw to said jaw holder such that said back jaw is rotatable about the hole axis to bring one of said jaw faces to a working position and then said back jaw is lockable to hold the one of the jaw faces in the working positions; a front jaw including a central C-shaped tube shaft and a plurality of front jaw faces disposed about said central tube shaft, said C-shaped tube shaft having a distal end away from said front jaw faces and being received about said C-shaped ring in said C-shaped hole of said back jaw such that said front jaw rotates as said back jaw rotates; a screw which is mounted for free rotation in said front jaw and which is threadably received in said central threaded hole of said C-shaped ring of said back jaw such that rotation of said screw causes said front jaw to be displaced relative to said back jaw, to pinch an object therebetween by rotation in one direction and to allow removal of a pinched object by rotation in the other direction; and a punch which is mounted to said distal end of said tube shaft such that said punch is moved into said central hole of said punch plate and through an object disposed in said lateral groove as said screw is rotated to move said front jaw toward said back jaw.