204Antrim

I fear that you have been misled, or missed the point. Also, greetings from Suffolk Coastal. As I understand it, you want to grip small items while you work on them. So do we all from time to time. The answer is not in a 'super' vice which is very stable but able to grip small and delicate items very firmly. It doesn't exist. Start with the small and delicate item, and grip it with a medium - small clamp appropriate to its size. Then put that clamp into a larger clamp or vice and carry on up the scale to bigger clamps or vices as appropriate. Small and delicate things need smooth and not 'too' hard jaws to hold them, but such a clamp can be held in more robust jaws, and if need be that can be held in rougher jaws......... Cooksongold will sell you 'Guillotine Clamps' from Knew Concepts in the US for upwards to £30. They are too small for most model railway needs; I have developed a bigger and better version that is easy to mount in a bigger clamp, and then in a bigger vice that strong and stable but won't damage the workpiece. Start with the workpiece and find the best clamp. then find the best clamp to hold that clamp, then find the best clamp or vice to hold that. The first clamp needs to ne the best that you can get; the rest can be cheep and cheerful. No rocket science needed.