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I've wanted a decent vise setup for a long time now but without a work surface it was pointless. Now that I have a work table I looked at my options. An under mount vise wouldn't work because my table top isn't supported all the way around. A moxon vise would work but the nice hardware kits online are over $150 then you have to buy the hardwood. I decided to make my own design based on several inspirational images I found online. It's a sliding Moxon vise using pipe clamps. The vise slides forward so you can work on end grain joinery as you traditionally would with a Moxon vise. And it slides backward so you can clamp at least 4" of material to chop away at a mortise with both jaws being on top of the work table to directly transfer the weight below. The pipe clamps hold a lot better than I expected and I am absolutely blown away at how awesome this thing performs.

For those who are interested a video and free plans are here:
http://jayscustomcreations.com/2014/04/how-to-make-a-sliding-moxon-vise/

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Looks like a winner .
 

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great videos of your process, I might have to build one of these, great work
 

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Very clever!
 

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Great idea, thanks for the plans and info.
 

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Good thinking! Love this forum for the ideas. Hmmmm…. those broken bar clamps might just be the ticket…
 

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I enjoyed your video, looking for ideas for my vise. I especially like the after-glue-up process. Are any special chips required for this?
After watching your video a couple of times, I'm wondering would it not be better to use a nut & washer to pull the carriage bolt head into the wood, thus putting a square head into a newly created square hole? It looks like using the two locked nuts rotated the head creating a round hole?
Thanks for the informative video.
 

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Oldtool - The original hole was undersized and I threaded the carriage bolt into the hole first which essentially turned the entire chunk of wood into a nut. With the carriage bolt seated as far down as it would go the square end doesn't matter as it's basically like tightening a huge nut onto the flat bottom of the carriage bolt head.
 

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Kool! Great idea.
 

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Thanks a lot. These will come handy for sure.
 

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Such a fine build. Very clever work indeed!
 
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