Homemade Woodworking Bench Vice

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Homemade woodworking bench vice.

This vise hardware requires a shop made outer jaw of 1 1 2 3 thick hardwood with dogholes if you so choose for holding stock with bench dogs. The benchtop s edge or apron typically serves as the inner jaw. Aug 16 2014 found the plans for this in shopnotes. Wood screws and wood glue will help to keep everything together and a drill and saw should be the only major tools needed to dimension and prep the lumber.

There are several vise sets online but i want to build my own one. So i have a new planer thicknesser and bandsaw in my workshop. This needs to be as strong as possible and slow set epoxy is the only adhesive i trust to do this. In issue 268 which will be coming out next week we have a great collection of workbench tips titled rethinking the workbench.

A small woodworking vice is the only addition to this thick framed workbench. An mdf table surface is added to provide a flat surface that will not warp with humidity changes. As you may have seen in the first video the mechanism works wonderfully and just as well. The nuts are glued into the notches with slow set epoxy.

I can t say enough about how useful this thing is. Vises are expensive if you re a beginner you probably know that tools and especially power tools are really expensive why should you buy a vise when you can make your own. Making a homemade quick release woodworking vise. I built my own workbench and what s still missing is a woodworking vise.

I made the sliding jaw about 1 8 wider than the fixed jaw so that it would register up against the worktable. But not having a vise does not mean you need to put your woodworking on hold. I m moving my workshop from the cellar into the garage to have more space. The vice is finished and it works fantastic i couldn t be happier.

In this instructable you can fol. I need to make this vi. Red oak acme screw. It s a great add on for my roubo workbench in holding those small pieces.

Now don t for one minute think that when i build a bench for my new shop i m going to leave off the vise. A pivoting jaw vise holds irregular shape stock without racking the jaws. I also extended the base past the jaws by 3 on both sides to facilitate clamping. This is the reason that i made this collection for.