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Another option is to remove the axle and use a metal bar across the notches.
I had already envisioned this as a solution. Getting a really good fit between the bar and the notches is probably advised though?
If you’re removing the freewheel body without using the notches, taking off the sprockets and I guess the outer moveable part of the body what do you have to grab onto with the vice?
absurdbird-
Yeah I can only guess a better fit will help, the Var tool I have is not a snug fit but clamping it in with a skewer and hernia inducing force means the contacts are pretty solid.
The bits in the side where the pawls go give purchase for a vice / tools. I would have been more wary of it if I wanted to keep that body, but I just wanted it off. Looking at it now though I've not done any damage.
veloham
Another option is to remove the axle and use a metal bar across the notches.
Both prongs snapped off my tool when I tried to remove a Regina freewheel so I used the following method.
1.Remove smallest cog - I clamped the freewheel between workmate jaws and used a chainwhip (alternatively use two chainwhips).
2.Remove axle - I think I inserted a screwdriver in the freewheel side against the nut flat to stop it turning whilst unscrewing the non-drive side nuts.
3.Clamp the chainwhip tool in a vice (mine has a metal plate section that is just the right size to fit the notches. substitute with any suitable metal bar).
4.Rest the wheel with freewheel face down onto the chainwhip with notches engaged with bar section.
5.Turn the whole wheel to unscrew the freewheel. This gives more leverage than trying to hold the wheel steady and turning the tool.