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    Default Universal bench top work holder

    I have just bought one of these to obviously hold pieces securely rather than gripping with “arthritic” fingers.
    Must say it really does the job. I mounted it onto a 15x10cm piece of stout ply so I can fix it with a G clamp wherever I want to. One mystery however which I haven’t asked cooksons about as yet…..they proudly supply a brass ring just like a copper tube jointing olive in a compression fitting. As there are no instructions I just can’t work out what’s this for! Any ideas? Oh yes, they also state they don’t supply the 3 screws for mounting the unit onto your worktop etc…..and then they include them!
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    Im guessing its to stop the little pins been lost in transit ?

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    No! I don’t think so as the pins were sealed in a plastic container.
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    Ahh ok I was just going off the image on cooksons website!

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    The brass ring is a practice piece.

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    Well,well! Thanks for solving the mystery but feel it is rather unneeded as it isn’t exactly rocket science as to how it works! The tool certainly works well holding anything, even of an irregular shape snuggly and at any angle. I have mounted mine on a rectangle of ply and can fix it securely anywhere I want. I think this is going to be a really useful addition to the tool box.
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    I've got one of the hand-held versions, which came with a mere 4 pins - and arrived with the pins retained as the picture on the Cooksons site shows.
    Obviously it's got more pins now; I filed flats on some of them for better retaining in some cases.

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