Wayward, you got that right. I had been wanting a vice for a long time but wasn't willing to pay $150 for one.
And later on, after I bought the metal one I bought an old 6 1/2 ft. wooden Carpenters bench for $350, I think it was, with the "soaking" or "bending" water tray built into it and two (2) all wood "wood vices" built into it also. It's a really nice one, even has the "square" holes across the front for those metal "hold-down" thingys.
And every woodworker needs pipe clamps, also. I have 5 or 6 of them and that still wasn't enough sometimes, even with the 7 or 8 C-clamps I have. I need to get rid of all that stuff.