Building The Holtzapffel Workbench #14: Final Vise Assembly
After finishing the mockup of the face vise, I was now ready to do it for real. I started by gluing up a couple piece of oak for the main chop. You saw me use my new planer sled to mill the two large faces flat. I used the mockup to locate and cut the 2 main holes for the screws.I used a regular hole saw on my drill press to cut the holes. It was slow going through the hard oak, but I made it through. Next I wanted to dress up and round over the ends of the chop. I layout a small reveal and a round over on the front edges.To cut the shoulder of the reveal, I used my table saw set to about 1/8” deep.To cut the round over, I used my band saw. It worked pretty well.With one of my new ...
