I was tempted to say earlier that nearly any bar clamp can be turned into a 4"-6" clamp if you are patient enough with a cutoff wheel...
That may not make for easy hand manipulation or holding the work at different angles, but it would certainly let you choose a design immune from starting to slip 'down the line' almost any time from now...
Yesterday these two specialty pliers arrived.
They are made by Hakko, were reasonably priced, and should be very useful.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Kevin, don't those look an awful lot like the pliers sold -- with screw-in adjustable, replaceable tips -- for inside and outside snap rings?
Seems to me that some stock and even coarse grinder time might let someone make up a set of replaceable clamping tips that would be useful to document...
I was going to mention that the space between the blade and the table insert could be a problem when cutting very thin pieces, but apparently that has not been an issue. Sometimes it is necessary to make a custom table insert.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!