# A vise is a clamp, but a clamp is not a Vise!

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**Category:** Vises\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58 "2023-04-19T19:11:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fireball\_Wyatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/fireball.discourse.group/fireball_wyatt/32/503_2.png) [@Fireball\_Wyatt](https://fireball.discourse.group/u/Fireball_Wyatt)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58/1 "2023-04-19T19:11:48Z")

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Vises can be used to clamp onto things but clamps can not be used as a vise! Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![WeldBrain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/fireball.discourse.group/weldbrain/32/24_2.png) [@WeldBrain](https://fireball.discourse.group/u/WeldBrain)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58/2 "2023-04-19T19:17:34Z")

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**Author:** ![WeldBrain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/fireball.discourse.group/weldbrain/32/24_2.png) [@WeldBrain](https://fireball.discourse.group/u/WeldBrain)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58/3 "2023-04-19T19:21:23Z")

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Yes to a vise being able to clamp, but no to a vise being a clamp. It can definitely do clamping action, but a clamp in my mind is a clamping tool that gets moved around a shop. They’re related but one’s not a category for the other. I suppose you could use a small vise as a clamp in a pinch tho.

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**Author:** ![Nosferatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Nosferatu](https://fireball.discourse.group/u/Nosferatu)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58/4 "2023-04-28T16:18:38Z")

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In my mind, a vice is used to hold onto a single object for securing that object for working directly on it.

A clamp is used for holding two or more objects together for temporary adhesion until permanently joined by other means.

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**Author:** ![Portageecustoms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/fireball.discourse.group/portageecustoms/32/299_2.png) [@Portageecustoms](https://fireball.discourse.group/u/Portageecustoms)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://fireball.discourse.group/t/a-vise-is-a-clamp-but-a-clamp-is-not-a-vise/58/5 "2023-06-28T14:47:52Z")

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There has been times where i clamped a part then clamped the clamp to my table.

It was in this moment i realized vises will keep you from doing a clamp Trifecta.