Product Reviews: Garrett Wade Versatile Vise

by R.M. Mottola

Originally published in American Lutherie #119, 2014



Garrett Wade Versatile Vise
#05R10.10, $84.70
garrettwade.com

The item reviewed in the following paragraphs was provided to American Lutherie for review. A draft of this review was sent to the supplier prior to publication so that any factual errors in the review could be corrected.

A long time ago, before I started doing any serious woodworking, I had the pleasure of visiting the shop of a local woodcarver. In addition to a bewildering collection of gouges and mallets, he had a cool work-holding vise which could be positioned to hold the work in just about any position. I had forgotten most of the details of that visit soon after, but when it came time to begin equipping my own lutherie shop, I remembered that vise and considered it would be just the thing as the primary work-holding device. With only a description of what it could do, I rooted around for information and finally found that it was called a Versa Vise and was American made. That was the good news.