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  1. 30th July 2013, 04:19 PM #1
    BlackbuttWA
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    I made some log jaws from scraps & a few screws in under 1 hour.
    2 Pieces of 15cm x 15cm x 3cm Jarrah. Remove original cheeks from jaws, bolt on the new ones. Drill pilot holes & insert chipboard screws.

    It works great, even on 2m & 30cm logs, plus no more bending over to chainsaw logs. The first one is made from 3cm Marine ply & the bolts pulled through, so made the Jarrah one.

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  3. 30th July 2013, 05:16 PM #2
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    Very simple and effective by the looks.


    One problem with using fixed parallel jaws is that they are not so good at holding a roundish tapering piece of wood, so a small improvement would be to modify one of the jaws so that they rock in the middle like the front jaw on this vice.

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    An alternative would be to use longer tek screws so they don't screw in all the way and adjust the length to suit the wood shape.
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  4. 1st August 2013, 10:42 AM #3
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    Yes, I can see where you are coming from with that.

    Tapering logs are not a problem for me, as they do not vary that much in the 15cm length that is in the vice.

    As for adjusting the screw length I don't think that is needed, as long as 2 screws in each side are in contact they will hold ok.

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  5. 1st August 2013, 10:49 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackbuttWA View Post
    Yes, I can see where you are coming from with that.
    Tapering logs are not a problem for me, as they do not vary that much in the 15cm length that is in the vice.
    As for adjusting the screw length I don't think that is needed, as long as 2 screws in each side are in contact they will hold ok.
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    good points
    I was thinking more of folks cutting up fire wood and appreciate that woodworkers are unlikely to select rapidly tapering pieces of wood.
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