Thread: My Moxon dovetail vise

Originally Posted by BobL

Can any of you think of reasons why one would not just drill and tap holes direct into a workbench apron, or a block of hardwood behind the apron. A vice like that would seem to be useful for all sorts of other things as well.

No general reasons I can think of, Bob. In fact I had originally intended to do just that when I started building the bench. However, the piece directly behind the apron that takes the dog holes is almost the depth of the apron, which is deeper than was really necessary, I came to realise later. But the upshot of this is that it gets in the way of holes for the screws of the dovetail clamp. It's not a big deal - it would simply mean mean very deep 'nuts', but I wanted to use 1.5" screws, and the bodgie 1.5" tap I have isn't up to the job of tapping what would be more than 4" deep nuts in hard wood.

In the meantime, Derek put his version up, and it seemed like such a good & simple idea, I thought that would do very nicely in the interim. One nice feature of my new vise is that it's very easy to demount when finished with. Also, sitting up on the bench top like that brings the job up another 120mm higher, which is good for my time-challenged eyes and back....

If & when my mate finishes the decent tap he's making for me, I will eventually go ahead & make a vise as originally intended, mostly because I can make it longer & capable of clamping wider carcase sides than the current vise, which takes a bit less than 470mm. However, it may be another 20 years at the speed my old mate works at, so don't wait for the product review before you make one yourself.

(And we won't mention the little time it may take me to get a round tuit when the tap does arrive, of course. )

Edit: - yeah - Derek notes the height advantage, too - and he's still such a young bloke...

Cheers,

I can also appreciate the height advantage.

hi Derek

you'll need one of these to go with your Moxon vise
Veritas® Pocket Dovetailer - Lee Valley Tools

I like the shot in the Lee Valley link of the bloke in his car cutting d/tails with the timber clamped to his window.

Gotta love April fools day.

I was wondering what they'd do this year - they must have a ton of fun deciding what they are going to spring on us each year!

Ya gotta love a company that takes itself seriously with a large dose of humour....

Cheers,

Originally Posted by ian

hi Derek

you'll need one of these to go with your Moxon vise
Veritas® Pocket Dovetailer - Lee Valley Tools

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Thanks Ian

I would love one! Wasn't the video great!

I did make a last minute submission: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/v...review-133418/

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Wasn't the video great!

it was
I especially liked the speed of cut and teh 3 minute DTs