Well I've pretty well finished the carcas of my new workbench and will be
starting the bench top right away. I had planned on a regular fron vise and
a tail vise but I'm now thinking about trading in the tail vise for the
Veritas twin screw vise that was suggested in this months Tools and Shop.
Anybody have any thoghts on the perfect vise combination for my soon to be
perfect bench.
Bannerstone <[email protected]> wrote:
: I'd say the tail vise is great for narrow bench tops and the twin screw makes
: more sense for the wider top. Good Luck on your decision.
: David
That is an extremely good observation. Never thought of that.
It really is application driven. If your type of work is large
carcases or big frames, then the twin screw tail vise is probably the
best choice.
But if you are into chairs and end tables ..i.e. small stuff then the
width of the twin screw is kind of a waste.
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I think you're going to find far more responces from "Twin Screw" owners because
its a great solution while the tail vise is usually more complex.
I chose a traditional tail vise for the challenge and the retro look, plus I
think Tage Frid is pretty cool. :) It was a confidence builder and I was
really glad when it was done!!! There are more elaborate tail vise screw kits
than the one I used which include slide mechanisms they make the construction of
a tail vise much easier and are capable of greater clamping pressure.
I'd say the tail vise is great for narrow bench tops and the twin screw makes
more sense for the wider top. Good Luck on your decision.
David
In article <jFeBb.618893$9l5.14657@pd7tw2no>, Norm Edelmann says...
>
>Well I've pretty well finished the carcas of my new workbench and will be
>starting the bench top right away. I had planned on a regular fron vise and
>a tail vise but I'm now thinking about trading in the tail vise for the
>Veritas twin screw vise that was suggested in this months Tools and Shop.
>Anybody have any thoghts on the perfect vise combination for my soon to be
>perfect bench.
>
>
I am confused but would love to see a sketch of what you are describing.
Dave
"Juergen Hannappel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Norm Edelmann" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Well I've pretty well finished the carcas of my new workbench and will
be
> > starting the bench top right away. I had planned on a regular fron vise
and
> > a tail vise but I'm now thinking about trading in the tail vise for the
> > Veritas twin screw vise that was suggested in this months Tools and
Shop.
> > Anybody have any thoghts on the perfect vise combination for my soon to
be
> > perfect bench.
>
> There is also the possibility to use a quick action tail vise: Build a
> large version of a wooden cam clamp (like those in
>
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=44974&category=1,43838,47843&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=
> Make the jaw part lage enough to accept a dog hole, mount at the
> narrow end of the bench and you are ready to go: I built such a cam
> vise from baltic birch plywood in about one hour, using a square steel
> tube as bar and am very satisfied with the result, epecially at
> practically zero cost.
>
> --
> Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
> mailto:[email protected] Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
> Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
> CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23
"Norm Edelmann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:jFeBb.618893$9l5.14657@pd7tw2no...
> Well I've pretty well finished the carcas of my new workbench and will be
> starting the bench top right away. I had planned on a regular fron vise
and
> a tail vise but I'm now thinking about trading in the tail vise for the
> Veritas twin screw vise that was suggested in this months Tools and Shop.
> Anybody have any thoghts on the perfect vise combination for my soon to be
> perfect bench.
>
>
I used the twin screw vise from Veritas on the tail and the Jergenson on the
front. Happy with them.
"Norm Edelmann" <[email protected]> writes:
> Well I've pretty well finished the carcas of my new workbench and will be
> starting the bench top right away. I had planned on a regular fron vise and
> a tail vise but I'm now thinking about trading in the tail vise for the
> Veritas twin screw vise that was suggested in this months Tools and Shop.
> Anybody have any thoghts on the perfect vise combination for my soon to be
> perfect bench.
There is also the possibility to use a quick action tail vise: Build a
large version of a wooden cam clamp (like those in
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=44974&category=1,43838,47843&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=
Make the jaw part lage enough to accept a dog hole, mount at the
narrow end of the bench and you are ready to go: I built such a cam
vise from baltic birch plywood in about one hour, using a square steel
tube as bar and am very satisfied with the result, epecially at
practically zero cost.
--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
mailto:[email protected] Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23
"Dave W" <[email protected]> writes:
> I am confused but would love to see a sketch of what you are describing.
> Dave
[...]
Comes below.
>> There is also the possibility to use a quick action tail vise: Build a
>> large version of a wooden cam clamp (like those in
>>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=44974&category=1,43838,47843&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=
>> Make the jaw part lage enough to accept a dog hole, mount at the
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--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
mailto:[email protected] Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23