521 days ago
by Brandon |
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Why I wanted to Build a Moxon Vise
Work benches are low. When I was first learning about traditional woodworking, I noticed how low my friend’s workbench was. He informed me that the lower benches were better for hand planing. This is true, but sometimes you just want to work with something at a higher height, for instance cutting dovetails. This is part of the reason why I found the idea of a Moxon vise so appealing. It’s a large, double-screw vise that is detachable from ...
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144 days ago
by lysdexic |
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When I ordered the BenchCrafted hardware I also ordered the hardware for the Moxon vise. Not only was I inspired by BrandonW’s bench but also his Moxon vise. So, it has been sitting in my shop for about nine months.
Brandon’s Moxon Vise
The plan is to make a Moxon Vise Bench-top Bench because when I doing fine work I find myself slumping over for extended periods of time. That kind of zaps the fun of it after a while. Furthermore, I admit to being spoiled when comes to h...
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558 days ago
by Eric |
6 comments »
Still waiting on my oil to entirely dry.
Meanwhile, I thought I would fix something that I knew would bug me all the time. My big honkin’ wooden vise jaw is too massive for the few inches of threading in the big wooden nut in the leg vise, and as a result the big wooden screw tilts downwards towards the jaw. See look: here in the very back of the leg you can see the nut:
The nut is actually not glued into the leg at all; it’s merely held in place by those blocks that are...
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392 days ago
by John Franklin |
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I hav had these power press bar clamps for over a decade forgotten in a bin and used them for the first time today. they are nice! nicest pipe clamp I’ve ever used. what a shame they were discontinued after Irwin bought the company.
(aside: I’m not happy with Irwin, they’ve ruined Marples chisels)
I’m wondering if I can use these to make a Moxon vise? here’s a quick sketch to be followed with a slow sketchup…
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950 days ago
by Eric |
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Wow, that was tedious. Sawing through a 6” x 6 1/2” with a ryoba was no joke.
Then I had to flatten the bottom. Not too bad. Creating the chamfers on the bottom of the legs was fun, though.
Then I weighed the leg with my luggage scale just for kicks.
All four legs are done. Next: fitting the long stretchers!
P.S. The post title is my general feeling after seeing my legs lying horizontally on the ground for such a long time. It’s good to see them upright!
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388 days ago
by John Franklin |
13 comments »
My dear LJ friends and community! Please tell me what you like/dislike about this idea.
the thought is to make a roubo workbench out of 4×4 nominal lumber (Lowes has 4×4 doug fir for about $1 a linear foot)
This will be my first of two roubos, so this one is practice. The second will be “true to Schwarz” and made from big timbers with a big wooden screw (from Erie) and a real wagon vise (probably from bench crafted) – but this first one will have a metal scre...
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400 days ago
by John Franklin |
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as usual i am doing this backwards
designing the bench before the vise.
so here’s the plan
build a smallish but tall bench for handwork and sharpening
make it compatible with a moxon vise
i’m calling it my moxon bench
this is 36” x 24” – i may go wider and a bit shallower, still deciding…
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459 days ago
by Furnitude |
7 comments »
Thanks, everyone, for the kind words about my Moxon Vise. I enjoyed making these handwheels, but, man, it was difficult! Someone asked me how I secured the vise to my bench. Most Moxon vises I’ve seen are secured to the bench with clamps. I didn’t like the look of that. Also, I wanted to be able to “install” the Moxon vise in one step. My bench has ¾” round dog holes, so I drilled holes into the underside of the fixed jaw and inserted ¾” oak dowels. I designed it so the dowel on the right...
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749 days ago
by Eric |
4 comments »
Today I lopped off the extra 1” or so from the tops of the leg tenons (are those called horns?), which was harder than I expected. Then I chopped the dovetails on the outer leg tenons, which was easier than I expected. In case you’re wondering, I started the cut with my dozuki and then when the back of the saw started hitting the top of the tenon, I switched to the rip side of my ryoba. Piece of cake, quite honestly.
I’m going to glue up the last four boards (two on e...
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392 days ago
by John Franklin |
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jointing 6’ long 4×4s on a little benchtop jointer is part crazy and part gymnastics, cursing helps, but patience helps more. as tough as trueing the reference face is, squaring the second face is the real challenge. at times nearly all the weight was hanging off the end with all fingertip strength focused on keeping the ref face on the fence. but my little cast iron craftsman continues to impress.
felt like i was channeling Rob Cosman as i checked each piece with winding stick...
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