Introduction
The sliding leg vice offers a great deal of versatility, offering the function of a twin screw vice, but at a variable screw to screw distant of up to 1.6m.
Video – The Leg
Feature 1 – Parallel Below the Shelf
The first problem I noticed with sliding leg vices is the parallel bar sliding along the shelf colliding with anything you were planning to store on the shelf. To overcome this, I put the parallel guide underneath the bench. To achieve this I reduced the height of the wheel brackets and raised the shelf. The trade off is to remove the vice you need to undo 4 bolts.
Feature 2 – Wheels
Typically people use a ‘V’ groove where the sliding leg moves wood on wood. My vice weighs 20-30kg, so this produced unacceptable friction. To overcome this I used 4×2” wheels.
-- Daniel - http://theloveofwood.blogspot.com/
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559dustdesigns
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#1 posted 1160 days ago
Video is great I like how smooth and easy it moves. Looks great the nicest bench I’ve seen. Whats next?
-- Aaron - central California "If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?"
JohnnyW
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#2 posted 1159 days ago
Wow! I didn’t really get a sense of scale from the earlier posts, but seeing stuff in the background shows what a piece of wood engineering this is. I cant wait to see that vise in use.
-- John
JustinB
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#3 posted 1157 days ago
Very nice work. I am greatly enjoying following this build. It will be quite the bench when it is done and I appreciate all of the design work you’ve put it. Nice to work on and great to look at. Keep it up.
bigike
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#4 posted 1157 days ago
neat idea! very well executed.
-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com
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