I have always found freash air is the answer and an outside winter bench with a tarp may be a possible answer. That old tractor screw sounds a beast! I how to build a wooden bench vise unity the whole vise again, and applied another coat of varnish. Wooden unihy are a challenge to make, which means they can be pricey and difficult to get hold of. If you can source one woodne usable nick, then any brand should suit. Hi Norbert, It really is incredible just how strong a wooden thread can be, particularly when you think of its grain orientation.

We want to throw work in, get the job done and rag it back out again without having to be too precious. Though to appreciate this type of vice you really do need a nice large wooden screw. Building a vice from scratch is certainly daunting. That lovely large wooden screw. Our hand threaded wooden vice screws.

These traditional screws are the key to a beautifully simple face vice. The large diameter and thread provide reference, speed and smoothness all in one. Building a vice with the screw is basic woodworking. Firstly, they are a genuine pleasure to use. Many people would laugh at how rickety my vice looks after so many years of use.

It feels like the vice has limbered up and is always ready to go. Like a lovely worn in engine. Being able to dictate the layout of your face vice has its benefits. I like to position the guide rail around the same height as the screw, so I can thow in long lengths of wood and balance them level across both these parts.

For even longer lengths I can rest them and pivot on the guide while I grab a holdfast for the other end. Used, abused and just flipping ace! A single wooden screw built in to a face vice on my everyday bench. Wooden screws are a challenge to make, which means they can be pricey and difficult to get hold of. Lake Erie are one that come to mind. And making the tooling is a sod. Even then it takes a lot of time and effort to pull of.

Our first wooden screw took many attempts and much wasted timber. Quick release does takes away from the simplicity so may be a little more temperamental, but small metal threads are slow to open, and that mechanism will save you from messing with a lot of winding back and forth.

Any of the big, old iron vices were very good. If you can source one in usable nick, then any brand should suit. This means adding a wooden jaw at the front, and morticing in to the bench top to allow the back jaw of the vice to slip behind. The front of the workbench then becomes the back jaw.

These are to prevent the thing from dropping as it opens, and makes a huge difference in use. Put some suede in the jaw as that way you only need light pressure and it really is the best thing you can do for any vice.

Dealing with vice rack. I just love these things, and they certainly make a great option. That is a consideration, but the real reason is due to that limbered up feeling of my worn in vice. The tolerances on a leg vice would have to be tighter in order to work well, so it never quite feels as nice. Plus I prefer to work in the wider jaw. And for step by step videos on how to build your own traditional workbench, including the PDF plans, check out our English Workbench Online Series.

As a professional hand tool woodworker, Richard found hand tools to be the far more efficient solution for a one man workshop. Richard runs 'The English Woodworker' as an online resource and video education for those looking for a fuss free approach to building fine furniture by hand.

Although the shoulder seems like it might get in the way, maybe. Have you put one to the sword before? Hi Rico, again if made with a wooden screw they are beautiful to use. I do love them though. Makes a great traditional face vise or leg vise.

Overall, well worth the money—the entire bench with screw is a fraction of the cost of an oak behemoth. And the dang thing is built like a WW1 tank and kind of looks like one too ,. Blimey, you did really well there! I agree about the importance of looks, and it is probably going to be the most handled tool in your workshop. Great post. Im slowly working my way through your workbench videos, but i never realised how much wooden vices cost! With the face vise, is that other wooden beam a parallel guide similar to a leg vise?

Does it have pins as well, or does it just keep the vise from spinning? I took the liberty of copying your design with the screw offset on the right side and a guide rail on the left with a wedged through mortice and tenon. I am getting pretty fair amount of rack as I try and move the vise in and out. Have you had a chance to get some pictures of the back side of your apron with the guide rails? I would love to see how you solved this. Also, do you use any lubricant on the wood guide rail to ease the slide?

Even older than old Records. Excellent, sounds bloody perfect! They are truly lovely vices, the cracks come from misuse, not use. Another great bit of advice. Thanks for the all the suggestions Richard; your bench build is in my near future! Recently established a leg vice onto a very country work bench.

Never have one before — Joy… bliss even a touch of the sublime! Big metal square cut screw from ancient tractor, and the kind attention from my village Blackie gave me the kit for 10 bucks. Smooth as silk; How To Build A Wooden Bench 3d complete removal simple ; removable verticle stops each side of the leg and rest pegs for long stuff.

Little pressure require for a great hold. Can recommend. Thank you for the nudge. A good vice, a planing spike and a holdfast. Then it was time to attach the vise to the bench. I started by reattaching the screw collar to the back of the leg.

I then inserted the vise screw through the chop and threaded it onto the collar. To ensure that the screw was centered in the hole in the chop I shimmed it along the floor, and then pre-drilled and attached the screw to the chop with a pair of 2" 14 screws. Next, with the chop tightened against the bench leg and centered along the bottom, I inserted the Forstner bit that matched the bearing size and marked on the back of the chop the location for the shaft and drilled a 2" hole at the drill press.

Then I decided to go ahead and attach a 1" oak dowel to use as a handle. I did test a sliding handle, but it seemed a bit annoying to use, so for now, I just kept things simple and fixed the handle in place with a screw. After installing the shaft without glue for now it was time for some tests. Unfortunately, the weight of the chop combined with the play in the vise screw caused the shaft to bind sometimes in the bearing.

The solution was to simply use a piece of wood as a guide to help How To Build A Wooden Bench Light keep the shaft perpendicular to the leg face. To do this, I removed the shelf and since I'd already glued the inner stretcher in place, I drilled a couple of holes through it and then attached the guide with screws to the outer stretcher.

Although this made the motion of the vise very smooth, there was still a little racking when clamping work-pieces down hard in the vise. A 30mm bearing and shaft probably would have eliminated most of it or possibly a second bearing on the rear of the leg , but with the 20mm ones I used I decided to try Jay Bates's solution which was to use a wedge along the bottom of the chop.

I surfaced another scrap piece of wood and cut it to 16" long by 6" wide to match the roughly 4" wide by 1. I then used some double-sided tape to secure it to a piece of MDF to act as a tapering jig at the table saw. After ripping it into two pieces I cut one half down to make a smaller 12" wedge for workpieces up to 3" wide.

To finish it off, I drilled a 27mm hole in some hard plywood, drilled two small holes in each end of the handle, and screwed them in. Since this is reclaimed wood, a small part was actually sanded and finished, the most, however, was not. The rods were a bit longer than I wanted, so I cut part of them off.

I'll use the leftover piece for a future vise. This lowered the amount of friction probably to a fifth. I suppose I'll have to do this again every once in awhile I don't need to explain how useful this will be. If you liked the Instructable, please consider clicking the orange vote button in the top right corner , and sharing it on social media.

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If this Instructable doesn't reach 50K views before the end of August, I'll be giving away only 3 months :. Your wood one looks very well made, especially for someone your age with limited resources, but it is nowhere near the strength of a good quality Taiwanese made vise.

If you make it form steel, there is a possibility of it being useful as an actual tool. The wooden vise you made is really just a toy. Reply 1 year ago. It's not a toy - as I've explained before, I used it quite heavily for a while. I remember trying, but if I recall correctly the jaws wouldn't open up enough, and were too small by a millimeter or two.

Not required though. But bar clamps were used. Well, wood is much easier to work with than 40mm x 3mm square steel tube. A hacksaw would not cut that steel, I had to use my sawzall. I salvage most of my steel just like you salvage wood. The issue is salvage steel is often rusty or dirty.

I am very happy to see a fellow teenager building something instead of playing Fortnite or chasing girls. For light use, a small wooden vise like the one you made definitely gets the job done, saves money and is fun to build.

I mostly work with metal so I use a Wilton machinist vise, but I sure wish I had a small wooden vise for working with delicate objects. It was a really fun project. I used the vise for metalworking projects too. I think I used it for over a year. One of the glue joints did come apart while in use once - the vise pretty much exploded, but it was fixed.

Something was wrong with the glue I used too. And speaking of TPI - the threaded rod I used for this vise was way to fine and it would take forever to adjust it. I used what I had, though. Now I have quite a variety of threaded rods to choose from! I believe you've commented that before, but have you considered making wooden jaws for your vise?

Great work! You just solved a small mystery for me. My father had made a few like these for his work bench, I was always transfixed on this as a kid bet never got around to ask how he made it - sadly he is no longer around to ask.

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