Patent ID: 8701257

Claim:
A work holding device that secures a workpiece, the work holding device comprising a first support column, a second support column, and a plurality of part fixturing anchors, wherein: each of the first support column and the second support column include inside faces; the first support column and the second support column are coupled to one another, the inside faces of the first support column and the second support column forming a longitudinal loading envelope comprising a width-wise dimension, a height-wise dimension, and a length-wise dimension, where the longitudinal loading envelope represents the largest cubic volume that may be positioned between the inside faces of the first support column and the second support column; at least one of the support columns comprise longitudinal channels that extend in the width-wise dimension from the inside face of the respective support column; at least one of the support columns comprise a plurality of part fixturing recesses passing through the support column in the width-wise dimension and arranged within the height-wise dimension and the length-wise dimension of the longitudinal loading envelope, the plurality of part fixturing recesses passing through the longitudinal channels; and the part fixturing anchors extend through the support column at the part fixturing recesses into the longitudinal loading envelope and couple the workpiece to the first and second support columns.