Amateur's Vices

[Nissim Avrahami]

Good day

As you know...and if you don't - now you know...I don't have a "normal" workbench with Vices but, sometimes I need them.

So, I made a very simple, easy and cheap vices.

I leave it to your imagination what you can do with them.

The rest of the story is on the following 40 pics.

Regards
niki

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[Mike Henderson]

Very nice. I suppose we could say your vice is building vises.

Mike

[Nissim Avrahami]

I suppose we could say your vice is building vises.

Mike

Thank you Mike

Yes, I got a PM that in US English it's called "Vise"...
But in UK English (Oxford dictionary) it's called "Vice"...

"One nation divided by the language"

Well...that's the reason that I'm using pictures...

Regards
niki

[curtis rosche]

you could always do what i did. go to a mud sale or a auction, and buy one. i got a kurt angle lock milling vise for only 45$ and the thing is heavy enough that i can put it on a shelf until i need it, then when i need it just put it on the bench and use it with out bolting down because of its weight

[Nissim Avrahami]

you could always do what i did. go to a mud sale or a auction, and buy one.

Not in Poland...if I lived in USA, I think that I would not make most of the jigs that I made....with such a big selection that you have there (and such a low prices - compare to Europe)...

Regards
niki

[Lincoln Myers]

I always enjoy your posts. Very detailed, easy to follow pictorial descriptions. And the engineering and cleverness of your tools is really impressive.

Thanks and keep posting.

-Linc

[Alan Schwabacher]

Very nice, as usual. I like your central bolt as a shim to prevent wracking. That part of the design would be very helpful for improving cheap (cheap here in the US anyway) steel vises used with wooden faces. Does this central bolt push against something harder than the wood?

Language comment: the problem is not so much the difference between spelling of "vise" on the two sides of the Atlantic, as that "vice" specifically means something else here.

[Brian Kent]

Nissim, you are very talented both in innovating woodworking solutions and in teaching. Thank you for your generosity in sharing those on Sawmill Creek.

Brian

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you so much for your so kind words

Alan
The Central bolt pushes only against the wood...that's the reason that I added the large washer to have the pressure spread on larger area of the wood.

As I wrote on the picture "you can drill through the board or you can drill to minimum depth of the nut thickness"...the nut should not press against the wood - only the washer.

If you want it more sturdy, I mean, spreading the pressure on even bigger area - you can use two washers - a bigger one pressing on the board and a smaller one just behind the big one for more re-enforcement

As for the "Vice" - I read the explanation in the dictionary but I think that my vice doesn't have such a bad characters...

Thanks again
niki