Patent ID: 8336867

Claim:
A device for holding a workpiece, said device comprising: a base including a workpiece support surface; a first jaw member; and a second jaw member, wherein one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member is movable relative to the other of said first jaw member and said second jaw member, wherein said first jaw member and said second law member are configured to hold a workpiece therebetween, said second jaw member including: a jaw base; a removable jaw plate; a slide movable between a first position and a second position, wherein said slide is configured to move said jaw plate toward said jaw base and said workpiece support surface when said slide is moved between said first position and said second position; and an actuator configured to move said slide between said first position and said second position; wherein said slide is configured to be moved along a slide axis between said first position and said second position, and wherein said actuator is threadably engaged with said slide, wherein said actuator defines an actuator axis, and wherein said slide axis and said actuator axis are substantially parallel.