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29th November 2014, 06:11 PM #1
tail vise .... it seemed a good idea at the time!
I have always admired Terry Gordon's creations. it is easy to see that they are designs from a man who is an excellent woodworker himself and knows what is needed.
So, on a recent visit, I bought one of his beautiful tail vises. When i am that far from home, it doesn't worry me that it won't fit!
So, in a rare outbreak of reality, I thought I'd better work out today how to fit it OR i might be forced to take it back.
The problem is that I already have a tail rise ... of sorts....and it already has 3 (!) dogs to line up with existing lines of dog holes
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I thought that maybe I could cut a big hole in the vise jaws lining up with the front row of dog holes and allowing the HNT vice knob to stick through
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...but that would somewhat limit the usability of the existing tail rise. What I need was ANOTHER end to my bench on which to fit the tail rise.
So. I had no alternative but to make a NEW END....
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...which started with a hole saw and quickly became an excuse to use my new plunge saw
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....ending up with the cutout to take the vise body
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Then the DREADED BIT! I picked up my router and rounded over the cutout.
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I quickly turned the router off and counted my fingers .... yep, 91/2, just what I started with!
The next step is to rout the recess for the cover plate but I'm on family duty tomorrow so that may have to wait a few days.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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29th November 2014, 07:08 PM #2
I can't say I would ever have come up with such an out of the box solution. Very clever.
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30th November 2014, 07:56 AM #3
You are a tool tragic Mr Flett seriously have the dreaded disease woman hate (now where'd I post that some years ago)
Like you initiative on placement
No don't return it I am sure someone might like a 2nd hand slightly used one. Then you will be left with a holy bench only to be used on Sundays.
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30th November 2014, 01:27 PM #4
Ah ha a modification to the ever changing work bench.
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30th November 2014, 04:48 PM #5
Might have been easier to make a new bench!
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Nick
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30th November 2014, 10:16 PM #6
I returned from family duties both 'intact' and early enough for a bit of shed time....
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I set up some simple fences and used a router pattern bit to create the required 7mm deep housing for the top cover. No more shed time now for a few days,
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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I quickly turned the router off and counted my fingers .... yep, 9 1/2 just what I started with!
Maybe you should be trying some other electron burning contraption to achieve a different result.........
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2nd December 2014, 07:13 PM #8
all over red rover....
I got a few hours in today and made the cover plate from Tas oak/silver ash/mountain ash/messmate ...or whatever
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the size of the cutout allows me to 'twiddle' the knob for quick movement
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AND to use fingers and palm for tightening
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but, the proof of the pudding is how efficient and convenient is it.....
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it's a bottler!
fletty
PS, apologies for the HNT-fest but it seemed appropriate AND does anyone want to buy any adjustable bench dogs ?a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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3rd December 2014, 09:31 AM #9Skwair2rownd
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Gotta give it tom you Fletty!! That is one really neat solution!!
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