Been reading a lot about workbench construction and, in particular, the construction of end vises. I note that most of the ones I have looked at use wood for the "tracks" and other support members.
Has anyone ever considered using heavy duty drawer slides (either a pair or one really wide one) for guiding the jaw in and out? The slides, of course, would be buried in the bench so that only wood would be visible. Where I work there are lots of "standard 19" electronics racks and they use some short, really heavy duty slides to slide electronics crates in and out. Thought they might als be useful in an end vise.
Opinions??
Bill Leonhardt