I have my antique woodworker's vise 95% cleaned up of rust, done by hand
with NJ, wd-40 and steel wool. But I thought of maple being a tough bitch
so I am wondering if I should use some fat steel wood screws or* nuts &
bolts and counter sinks on_top_of_the_maple_top? Maple being so tough for
screwing into I wonder if any company makes hand twisted thread taps that
match wood screw threading at all? The mounting holes go in_under_the_top
about 3"- 4" and I wonder about bolts being in the way of the dog holes, any ideas?
Thanks all,
Alex
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:20:47 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I have my antique woodworker's vise 95% cleaned up of rust, done by hand
>with NJ, wd-40 and steel wool. But I thought of maple being a tough bitch
>so I am wondering if I should use some fat steel wood screws or* nuts &
>bolts and counter sinks on_top_of_the_maple_top? Maple being so tough for
>screwing into I wonder if any company makes hand twisted thread taps that
>match wood screw threading at all? The mounting holes go in_under_the_top
>about 3"- 4" and I wonder about bolts being in the way of the dog holes, any ideas?
>
>Thanks all,
>
>Alex
>
I 2nd the carriage bolts... less hassle and less chance of splitting
the maple...
I used lag bolts to attach my woodworking vise to my bench top which is home
made two sections of MDF glued together with 1/2in ply as a filler to make
the bottom the level with the 2in stock glued for the edges.
I recommend pre-drilling using a drill which is a little smaller than the
inner diameter of whatever screw you use.
Dave Paine.
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> I have my antique woodworker's vise 95% cleaned up of rust, done by hand
> with NJ, wd-40 and steel wool. But I thought of maple being a tough bitch
> so I am wondering if I should use some fat steel wood screws or* nuts &
> bolts and counter sinks on_top_of_the_maple_top? Maple being so tough for
> screwing into I wonder if any company makes hand twisted thread taps that
> match wood screw threading at all? The mounting holes go in_under_the_top
> about 3"- 4" and I wonder about bolts being in the way of the dog holes,
any ideas?
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Alex
>
>
> I used lag bolts to attach my woodworking vise to my bench top which is home
> made two sections of MDF glued together with 1/2in ply as a filler to make
> the bottom the level with the 2in stock glued for the edges.
> I recommend pre-drilling using a drill which is a little smaller than the
> inner diameter of whatever screw you use.
>
>
Yeah that looks logical, you can use a ratchet-socket. The depth of the vise is like
4" or less, a 2" thick maple top so spacers are needed. I have the matching metal
spacer that came with the vise, but it is 1-1/8" thick so I'll need a hard block of wood
to fill the rest. Then from all those measurements added-up I'll need to figure the
length needed for lag bolts, looks like around 6" if the top of the vise jaws are to be
flush to_the_top_of_the_bench_top. As far as the holes being slightly smaller than
the inner diameter of the bolt, don't you think maple is a bit too tough for that? I can
see it for MDF... but maple is super tough.
Alex