The plate can be mounted in a wood block, though I find centering it over a dog hole in my bench works fine.

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With T-Slots, you install the fixture, measure its location, and then set up a work offset to tell the g-code where the fixture is.To use the three pins, place the vise on the Fixture Plate and slide it up against the two side pins.