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Thread: Workbench Vice
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16th May 2013, 07:01 AM #1
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Workbench Vice
Hi Guys,
Not posted in this forum before!
I recently built a workbench and decided that I would need a vice to hold my work. Having looked around and discovered how expensive these things are, I elected to design and build my own. Having designed the bench I thought it would be a good idea to make the vice part of the bench itself.
The vice is made from a plank of red hardwood that I was given. The vice is 18" long and each jaw 1&3/4" by 8". The screw is 25mm x 2.0 threaded stud bar, machined at one end to 3/4" diameter and drilled for a T bar handle. The supporting plate is a length of 1/4" thick stainless steel that I had laying about. The 1/2" guide rods are also stainless steel threaded at one end M10 and through holes drilled in them to take a tommy bar. This was done so the guide rod could be tightened into the threaded holes in the support plate. There is a thrust washer on the inside that bears against the shoulder on the screw shaft. The outside thrust is taken by the support plate.
The attached photos show the various components and part of the bench.
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BaronJ
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16th May 2013, 11:45 AM #2
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Hi Baron
Some threads you may be interested in reading or contributing to:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/w...please-167909/
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/s...thread-168697/
and in particular:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/h...rt-1-a-168559/ (you could copy and paste your whole post into this one)
Cheers
Brett
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2nd June 2013, 02:40 AM #3
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HI Brett,
Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
I Would be happy to move or copy this post into f213. At the moment in deepest France and the internet is spotty at best. I will repost as soon as I can.
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BaronJ
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2nd June 2013, 08:03 AM #4
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I guess when the internet becomes more stable do continue to post updates in this thread. After all a work in progress is still a work in progress.
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22nd June 2013, 07:39 PM #5
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Hi Brett, I have copied my post into f213 Home built vises Part 1. I dont know if the photos were copied as well, the links dont seem to work when I looked. Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
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BaronJ
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22nd June 2013, 07:48 PM #6
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Thanks Christos, Originally Posted by Christos
I guess when the internet becomes more stable do continue to post updates in this thread. After all a work in progress is still a work in progress.
I will take some more photos when I get back to the UK. The whole bench was quite a project in its self, it weighs in at around 300Kg and can be dismanteled by removing four nuts and three screws. The original idea came from an article decribing a "Torsion Work Table" where the bench is built from four basic components.
Running out of time:
Best regards:
BaronJ.
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