Homemade Woodworking Bench Vice

I built my own workbench and what s still missing is a woodworking vise.

Homemade woodworking bench vice.

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. The benchtop s edge or apron typically serves as the inner jaw. I can t say enough about how useful this thing is. 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.

I m moving my workshop from the cellar into the garage to have more space. 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. A pivoting jaw vise holds irregular shape stock without racking the jaws. It s a great add on for my roubo workbench in holding those small pieces.

The vice is finished and it works fantastic i couldn t be happier. This needs to be as strong as possible and slow set epoxy is the only adhesive i trust to do this. 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. Clamp and go once the vise is assembled clamp it to your bench as required and start sawing.

There are several vise sets online but i want to build my own one. The nuts are glued into the notches with slow set epoxy. I also extended the base past the jaws by 3 on both sides to facilitate clamping. In this instructable you can fol.

So i have a new planer thicknesser and bandsaw in my workshop. I need to make this vi. Red oak acme screw. Make your own bench vise.

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. This is the reason that i made this collection for. I made the sliding jaw about 1 8 wider than the fixed jaw so that it would register up against the worktable.

The first project i will be making with these machines is a bench vice. Aug 16 2014 found the plans for this in shopnotes. In issue 268 which will be coming out next week we have a great collection of workbench tips titled rethinking the workbench. Making a homemade quick release woodworking vise.