Well, I got the vise installed. I used red oak for the vice face for two reasons. The primary reason is that I’ve never installed a vice before and it was my test piece. The second reason is I liked the way it eventually worked so it graduated to my workpiece and the finished product.
A quick test drive of the system for cutting some tails and it’s 100% success. The vice racks more than I hoped, but this procedure doesn’t involve extreme vise pressure and a like thickness piece in the opposite end compensates for the problem.
Thanks for looking!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
6 comments so far
WayneC
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posted 897 days ago
Looks great Tom. One day I will build one.
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Matt
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posted 897 days ago
oh how cute!
Ok now that I used the word cute in public, I am going to go and do something manly to make up for it.
Nice job by the way.
oscorner
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posted 897 days ago
Your son will cherish this all his life and probably use it as a model for his full sized one that he will build for his own shop one day. Superbly done!
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Bob Babcock
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posted 897 days ago
All I can say is SWEET!
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mot
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posted 897 days ago
Thanks guys. It was a fun build. I got to use lots of tools to make it. And Matt, we won’t tell anyone. ;)
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MsDebbieP
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posted 897 days ago
won’t tell anyone what?? That Matt said the “C” word??
awwwwwww isn’t that cute?? Matt said the “c” word!1
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