I need to replace my front vise, which is the green thing Woodcraft
sells. I want to replace it with a cast iron vise such as a Record.
One of my main concerns is the amont of racking that an individual
vise may exhibit, so I'm looking for something that has good capacity
and little racking. Since Record no longer exists, I need
recommendations from those of you who are happy with thier vise.
TIA
Scott in KC
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:32:33 -0400, Tanus <[email protected]> wrote:
>Racking is an issue of course, because of the width of the jaws. I get
>around that by slipping a piece of similar sized wood in the other side.
>
>Tanus
I've always enjoyed Ken Vaughn's solutions, not only because they work, but
because his jigs are nicer and more precision than my projects..
http://home.comcast.net/~kvaughn65/spacer_blocks.jpg
Note the dowels, to keep the block from slipping through the jaws.. That way you
don't need to keep a hand free to grab the block when you loosen the vise, or
pick it up off the floor..
I've also seen a shop that had a "top step" on each block, to prevent it from
falling through...
mac
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Tanus wrote:
> I got this one:
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=31137&cat=1,41659,41661
> and for a few dollars more I could have had a quick-release like this:
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=54873&cat=1,41659,41661
>
> If I had to do it all over again I'd have gone for the second one.
> However, I've no complaints with the one I've got.
I recently got a quick-release vise that came with a new bench, having used
it for awhile in future I'd never buy a vise that didn't have this feature.
Talk about handy, it seems as if I'm saving an hour a day by not having to
endlessly spin a vise handle.
This appears to be identical to the vise I have (and which I'm very pleased
with):
http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/Products.aspx?nav=ByPart&ClassID=333216&Part=708567
Scott wrote:
> I need to replace my front vise, which is the green thing Woodcraft
> sells. I want to replace it with a cast iron vise such as a Record.
> One of my main concerns is the amont of racking that an individual
> vise may exhibit, so I'm looking for something that has good capacity
> and little racking. Since Record no longer exists, I need
> recommendations from those of you who are happy with thier vise.
>
> TIA
>
> Scott in KC
>
An Indian company produces an Anant vise which is supposedly made
with the tooling from the company that made the Record vises. You
can google Anant wood vise for linke. Best of luck
Scott wrote:
> I need to replace my front vise, which is the green thing Woodcraft
> sells. I want to replace it with a cast iron vise such as a Record.
> One of my main concerns is the amont of racking that an individual
> vise may exhibit, so I'm looking for something that has good capacity
> and little racking. Since Record no longer exists, I need
> recommendations from those of you who are happy with thier vise.
>
> TIA
>
> Scott in KC
>
I got this one:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=31137&cat=1,41659,41661
and for a few dollars more I could have had a quick-release like this:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=54873&cat=1,41659,41661
If I had to do it all over again I'd have gone for the second one.
However, I've no complaints with the one I've got.
Racking is an issue of course, because of the width of the jaws. I get
around that by slipping a piece of similar sized wood in the other side.
Tanus
mac davis wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:32:33 -0400, Tanus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Racking is an issue of course, because of the width of the jaws. I get
>> around that by slipping a piece of similar sized wood in the other side.
>>
>> Tanus
>
> I've always enjoyed Ken Vaughn's solutions, not only because they work, but
> because his jigs are nicer and more precision than my projects..
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~kvaughn65/spacer_blocks.jpg
>
> Note the dowels, to keep the block from slipping through the jaws.. That way you
> don't need to keep a hand free to grab the block when you loosen the vise, or
> pick it up off the floor..
>
> I've also seen a shop that had a "top step" on each block, to prevent it from
> falling through...
>
>
> mac
>
> Please remove splinters before emailing
I've tried variations of that idea myself although not as elegant. My
problem is that in a small shop I don't have a lot of places to store
stuff like that. Invariably I lose them and make new ones.
Tanus
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:59:13 -0400, Tanus <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://home.comcast.net/~kvaughn65/spacer_blocks.jpg
>>
>> Note the dowels, to keep the block from slipping through the jaws.. That way you
>> don't need to keep a hand free to grab the block when you loosen the vise, or
>> pick it up off the floor..
>>
>I've tried variations of that idea myself although not as elegant. My
>problem is that in a small shop I don't have a lot of places to store
>stuff like that. Invariably I lose them and make new ones.
>
>Tanus
I have 2 blocks, 1/2" and 3/4", and they hang on a nail on the leg of the bench,
below the vice..
Now, if I could just remember to USE them..
mac
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