Woodwork bench build

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Tue May 21, 2013 8:30 am

Very good job !
I have been following your thread with great interest and I too plan to build myself a more suitable bench.
Do you plan to use bench dogs to complete your side vise like those round one at Lee Valley

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=31127&cat=1,41637,41645,31127

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Tue May 21, 2013 10:22 am

camerio wrote:Very good job !
I have been following your thread with great interest and I too plan to build myself a more suitable bench.
Do you plan to use bench dogs to complete your side vise like those round one at Lee Valley

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=31127&cat=1,41637,41645,31127

I haven't decided yet about dogs but if I do I will use 3/4 in round holes and make my own dogs from hardwood.
I am going to add a Mortised Bench Stop like the one in this thread. What is it?
Also I am thinking of trying to make some hold fasts similar to the ones in this picture. I will keep this thread updated as I add "features" to the bench.

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Tue May 21, 2013 10:52 am

Please keep on informing us about your bench and its accessories.
It is very interesting and thanks for making us part of the process.

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Sun May 26, 2013 11:50 pm

A recent thread by pieceseeker ( What is it? ) reminded me of the mortised bench stops that I had previously seen in the Lee Valley catalogue.

So I stopped by last week and bought one.

This morning I spent a couple of hours in the shop and installed it in my workbench.

Mortise cut.

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Stop installed

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Stop in use.

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It works well but I may get another one to mount facing the front of the workbench a few inches back and to the right of the first one to support the work in two directions.

NLV · Post by **NLV** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:36 pm

Excellent idea using the wedges!

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:23 pm

rpd wrote:
I had an old vise that I inherited from my father in law. (before)

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Talk about pictures for words!
OK, I'm weird I guess. When I see a pic (the other) of a new vise (or newly faced in present case, almost same thing) I say to myself "ah, that's nice, should get a lot of use out of that one!" or some such thing.
But when I see that "old" vise with those "experienced" faces, my heart beats a wee quicker, my internal temp goes up a tad, and I just feel like I wanna touch that thing, I wanna u s e that thing!

Here's hoping those new pieces- and that spiffy new router plane too, btw- get lots of work for lots and lots of years til they too are "broke in"!

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:49 am

NLV wrote:Excellent idea using the wedges!

I agree. The wedges keep everything rock solid and are a wonderful part of the Paul Sellers design.

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:42 am

keakap wrote:Talk about pictures for words!
OK, I'm weird I guess. When I see a pic (the other) of a new vise (or newly faced in present case, almost same thing) I say to myself "ah, that's nice, should get a lot of use out of that one!" or some such thing.
But when I see that "old" vise with those "experienced" faces, my heart beats a wee quicker, my internal temp goes up a tad, and I just feel like I wanna touch that thing, I wanna u s e that thing!

Here's hoping those new pieces- and that spiffy new router plane too, btw- get lots of work for lots and lots of years til they too are "broke in"!

That vise has served quite well for the last few years, though a bit prone to racking.
Last month I was at my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore on a Monday and they had just got in about twenty, old, made in England, Record #52E quick release vises.
They were priced at $35.00 each and I am happy to say that two of them followed me home.

The rest had all sold by Friday
I think they must have come from a local high school that was torn down this summer, (replaced by two new high schools).

Anyway here is the obligatory picture.

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One is cleaned up oiled and mounted on the bench but still needs wooden faces for the jaws.
I am thinking the other will be a face vise once it is back in good order.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:44 pm

Curious about that lever beside the lead screw. Lock?

Incorporate a 'peg' to engage work pieces with the movable face.

At first I thought that was what the lever was for, but do not see the
rising part'.

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:48 pm

JPG wrote:Curious about that lever beside the lead screw. Lock?

Incorporate a 'peg' to engage work pieces with the movable face.

At first I thought that was what the lever was for, but do not see the
rising part'.

That is the quick release lever.

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Squeezing the curved lever disengages the half nut and allows the moving jaw to slide open and closed.

: Vise quickrelease1.JPG (230.46 KiB) Viewed 8816 times

This model did not come with a built in dog but I will add one when I install the wooden faces.
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