Woodworking Bench Vice Installation

Woodcraft has vises for attachment to a workbench or for use as a standalone or bench top clamping tool.

Woodworking bench vice installation.

The tekton woodworking vise model 53986 woodworking bench vise is face mount workbench. An extra set of hands is always a plus when working in the woodshop. The easiest installation entails making spacer blocks to set the tops of the metal jaws below the bench surface while screwing the vise to the underside of a bench. Going over complicated having too many vices is a common woodworking mistake.

But keep it simple. In this video ed pirnik shows you how to mount one to your workbench using a spacer block and a full length inside jaw apron. Many front vises also have a pop up dog on the outer jaw to you hold. A cast iron woodworking vise is easy to install and a great addition to any bench.

Although the vise you install flush with the surface of your workbench might be a little harder to do. The best woodworking vice will be fast to open with plenty of capacity grip. Woodworking vice installation is not very complicated. The end vise so named because it is installed at one end of the bench is designed to hold material flat on the surface of the bench secured between one or more dogs sticking up from the top of the vise s jaw and corresponding dogs fitted into holes in the bench surface.

The vise comes with 1 3 16 diameter x 15 1 2 length screws which come in handy in positioning the wooden object being worked on. Meaning it is mounted to the side of your workbench and not on top. Here s what i d recommend instead. To begin drive the roll pin from the end of the vise screw remove the connecting bracket and the front jaw and then degrease the vise of its protective coating.

Woodworking vises differ from metalworking vises in that they attach to the bottom of the bench surface or are built into it with typically wood jaws flush with the benchtop. The woodriver large front vise is a single handle sturdily designed woodworking vise that ranks among the best in the market. Later ed shows how to drill dog holes so they are aligned properly with your vise. Metalworking vises usually mount to the top of a bench.

Your workbench should hold your work firmly effortlessly so your vice choice is pretty important.