the Kelpies are well worth a detour, but drive carefully its getting slippery up here now
Ian I found I could fasten down the minilathe vertical slide really quite solidly,, but i did,nt have much faith in the jaws as you dont have anything like the screw on a vice to apply pressure,, you just hold them against the work piece and tighten then back against the slide not the piece, so its only your hand pressure squeezing the jaws together against the work piece thats holding it there ,,, no doubt theres some other mystical dark force involved in holding it there too,, but you know what i mean,,,
...mike..