Hi
I'm wanting to make a wide mouthed wooden jaw bench vise with 2 threaded wooden dowels & wooden nuts for tightening. Can anynody help me source these in Australia??
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Hi
I'm wanting to make a wide mouthed wooden jaw bench vise with 2 threaded wooden dowels & wooden nuts for tightening. Can anynody help me source these in Australia??
Well, I don't think anybody officially sells them commercially off the shelf. Carbatec sell the taps and die's to make 1" threads at only a cost of "rather expensive!"
If you have a router and a lathe you can make them yourself; Ian Wilkie (forum name IanW) has a couple of U-Tube videos showing his setup. He also wrote two articles in the Australian Wood Review last year around making wooden threads. The beauty of Ian's style of threading is that you can make any size and pitch you want; you're not limited to specific "standard" sizes. If you want a 15/16" with 7TPI you can make it...
Oh; and welcome to the forums!
Yes, Ian Wilkie's system looks to be excellent if you are a do-it-yourself person and can do woodturning (spindle turning).
If you need to buy ready made I have seen a couple of commercial suppliers of different kits in Australia in the past, but can't see them at the moment. Lee Valley sell a kit in Canada. See Wooden Vise Kits by Lake Erie Toolworks - Lee Valley Tools. Henry Eckert used to sell them I think - it is now https://www.lie-nielsen.com.au/
Also, Carba-tec sell the wooden handles for vices as well as threading kits.
Crows Ash threads well, I made a drill press vice from this.
European Ash is also good especially with Rosewood or Ebony nuts.
H.
https://youtu.be/mTnVDl6Y6u4Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenf
If you want to turn and make your own following IanW system I have some Crows Ash I can sell you.
David
IanW does them beautifully. There is a thread here somewhere where I detailed it, but they are in the latest couple of AWR magazines, perhaps 93&94?
Its amazing what can be done with patience (of which Ive little) and skill (which Ian has in buckets!)
edit: if you were keen to make your own not using IanW's method, these are German, biiiig and cost a fortune: https://www.fine-tools.com/gewind.html