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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4085192" data-attributes="member: 5412">I don’t like mounting vises directly to wood work benches, so I mount a 12” square steel plate in a corner of the bench and then bolt the vise to the plate. The cripple refers to a 45 degree brace from the edge of the plate back to the leg so it is rock solid. I get pretty rough with mine on occasion, pulling the lag bolts out when mounting directly to a wood bench, so I went with the steel plate method which has proven indestructible so far. I like to rebuild old farm equipment. Some projects require a 48” pipe wrench to loosen some of those nuts that haven’t been removed on 50 years or longer, rusted in place.</blockquote>