Homemade Woodworking Bench Vice

Make your own bench vise.

Homemade woodworking bench vice. This needs to be as strong as possible and slow set epoxy is the only adhesive i trust to do this. The nuts are glued into the notches with slow set epoxy. An mdf table surface is added to provide a flat surface that will not warp with humidity changes. In this instructable you can fol.

As you may have seen in the first video the mechanism works wonderfully and just as well. It s a great add on for my roubo workbench in holding those small pieces. I need to make this vi. Wood screws and wood glue will help to keep everything together and a drill and saw should be the only major tools needed to dimension and prep the lumber.

So i have a new planer thicknesser and bandsaw in my workshop. But not having a vise does not mean you need to put your woodworking on hold. A small woodworking vice is the only addition to this thick framed workbench. The benchtop s edge or apron typically serves as the inner jaw.

Red oak acme screw. This is the reason that i made this collection for. I m moving my workshop from the cellar into the garage to have more space. This vise hardware requires a shop made outer jaw of 1 1 2 3 thick hardwood with dogholes if you so choose for holding stock with bench dogs.

Vises are expensive if you re a beginner you probably know that tools and especially power tools are really expensive why should you buy a vise when you can make your own. Aug 16 2014 found the plans for this in shopnotes. The jaws of the vise can be made custom to fit your p. Making a homemade quick release woodworking vise.

I can t say enough about how useful this thing is. Now don t for one minute think that when i build a bench for my new shop i m going to leave off the vise. I also extended the base past the jaws by 3 on both sides to facilitate clamping. The first project i will be making with these machines is a bench vice.

In issue 268 which will be coming out next week we have a great collection of workbench tips titled rethinking the workbench. The vice is finished and it works fantastic i couldn t be happier. I built my own workbench and what s still missing is a woodworking vise. I made the sliding jaw about 1 8 wider than the fixed jaw so that it would register up against the worktable.