I just bought a trapeze thread (metric acme equivalent) and nut to make a leg vise with. It's basically all I got hardware vise. I'm just not sure what the best way would be to hold the vise face captive without purchasing hardware or turning to a machinist. I would like to skip such steps to be honest.
As I've planned it out on my head, I'll just drill a hole in the workbench leg for the nut and epoxy it into place. Could also recess it and the area around it and fit a square washer for looks and durability. If you epoxy on a big wooden nut with a hole for a dowel on the threaded rods end, then you have a setup that'll push on the vise face when you close it, but it'll remain in place when you unscrew it. How can you "capture" the vise face so it also opens? And are there better methods than what I just described (that don't involve purchasing a bunch of hardware).
Maybe a bit hard to explain what I'm after here, and its almost midnight here and I am tired so I am probably not at my best, so good night, any answers appreciated.