Having just built the Fine Woodworking bench, I bought a small woodworking
vise for use as a tail vise with a row of 3/4 inch holes on the bench in
line with the lift up on the vise. For the front vise I bought a terrible
Chinese copy at Woodcraft. It is a big vise with enormous screw but it
bends and flops like a dying mackrel.
I made the 3/4 inch holes on the drillpress so they are nice and smooth.
The dogs have a short angled cutout at the top to lock the wood being held.
This works well as opposed to tilting the holes as in the FWW design. I
wish I had spent more on the front vise!
Dave