Finally, a package with my vintage vice screw (thanks Smitty)
And maybe some of you remember some wood I got. It was 2” thick, about 9” wide and consisted of oak, birch and polar. I’m not sure what it was cut for, but it was headed for a fireplace. It has been outside for a while, so it has a rustic look.
Well one of the pieces of oak seemed to have Leg Vice written all over it.
So, grab the #6 and start to straighten it up.
Make it nice with the Veritas scraper.
Round the edges with the Sargent 5206
Countersink the screw. Note the mark on the drill for the proper depth.
Mark and cut the taper
Again the #6 to clean up the bandsaw marks.
Grab the #3 to round over the bottom.
Drilled the Leg, counter sunk the screw and attached.
Made the positioning pieces for the bottom.
Gave it a good coat of BLO.
And I now have a Leg vice. FINALLY
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11 comments so far
SamuelP
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#1 posted 435 days ago
I need to find a chunk of firewood that thick.
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RGtools
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#2 posted 435 days ago
Awesome Don. I can’t wait to see you put it to use.
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Mauricio
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#3 posted 435 days ago
Nice, that is a very interesting parallel guide you made, I’ve never seen one like that. So it just skates over the floor?
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Brandon
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#4 posted 435 days ago
NICE Don! i’d like to know more about your parallel guide at the bottom! That leg vise should work perfectly. :-)
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Brit
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#5 posted 435 days ago
It looks like it’s always been there, fits right in.
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Don W
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#6 posted 435 days ago
I had to devise the parallel guide around my existing bench legs. Like this:
So here are some close ups.
Here I planned to threw bolt, but I didn’t have any so I just screwed it. I still think I will pick up a 1/4” bolt to go threw the whole piece.
When the block in the center hits the leg, the vice is parallel, so the pin isn’t needed. I need to drill one more set of holes, just to hold (store) the pin.
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Dave
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#7 posted 435 days ago
Very nice addition. It should work well for you.
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Smitty_Cabinetshop
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#8 posted 435 days ago
Oh, so nice! :-)
Great to see it in it’s new home, looks great!
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racerglen
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#9 posted 435 days ago
Lovely work !
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Don W
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#10 posted 149 days ago
And finally the upgrade. http://lumberjocks.com/donwilwol/blog/34022
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DYankee
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#11 posted 149 days ago
Sweet!
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