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6th July 2023, 04:37 PM #46Senior Member
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Hey Ian,
Sorry, COVID struck me down like a cockroach, but I had been meaning to reply.
I really like that front vise arrangement of guidebars! Very Very interesting indeed!
I always find it great to see how something that appears so simple on the surface, is actually far more complicated and has had a clear and skillful amount of thought put into it. Good stuff!
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6th July 2023, 06:49 PM #47
Siggy, I certainly put some thought into my front vise, it took me a while to figure out how to get it all together accurately enough to work smoothly with the rather primitive gear I had at the time! But I can't claim originality for the design because I plagiarised it from somewhere. I can't remember where I saw the original, it might've been in a very early FWW - they used to feature a lot more home-built stuff back in the early days.
The one on my main bench is illustrated way back there in the thread, but here it is to save flipping back:
Front vise red.jpg
It cost me very little to make & worked better than I'd hoped & has continued to work smoothly for close to 40 years. It suits my purposes better than a bought one:
Saw vise 2.jpg chair seat in front vise.jpg
So the effort I put into it has definitely been repaid ....
Cheers,
IanIW
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