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I love my new Roubo bench but at 34 1/2” it is made for hand planing. Thus I made Moxon Vise /Bench on a bench. At 7 1/2” it brings the work surface up to a very comfortable 42”. It basically serves as a joinery bench.



It is made from a hard maple dinette table that a friend was throwing out. THe front jaw is laminated soft maple from the bench build.

I made a round over type bevel on the front jaw to kind of match mt leg vise chop. I also fashioned a curved stop to the bevel to echo the lines of the hand wheel.

Some may object to putting a bevel on the front jaw. However, I still have 1 1/4” of flat surface for registration.

Thanks for looking and here is the blog on the design and construction of this awesome bench accessory.
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CL810
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#1 posted 72 days ago
This has to be the best Moxon vise I’ve seen. Beautiful touches that made it unique to you.
Edit: Are we going to get a trifecta?
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tyvekboy
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#2 posted 72 days ago
Nice
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Smitty_Cabinetshop
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#3 posted 72 days ago
Beautiful.
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cedarmoose
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#4 posted 72 days ago
Very nice, I like how you dished out for the hand wheel clearance
djwong
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#5 posted 72 days ago
Really beautiful vice. Checked out your blog, but most of the photos have the message that they have been moved or deleted.
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Ken90712
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#6 posted 72 days ago
Wow what a great job and vise! Well done.
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Don W
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#7 posted 72 days ago
Well done.
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eztrigger
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#8 posted 72 days ago
two awesome posts in one day.
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RGtools
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#9 posted 72 days ago
How is this thing working out for you?
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balidoug
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#10 posted 72 days ago
nice job, with some great details.
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JayT
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#11 posted 72 days ago
Very nicely done. I was kind of hoping for another bottle opener on this one so you wouldn’t have to get up from joinery work to go to the other side of the bench.
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BigRedKnothead
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#12 posted 72 days ago
Sweet man!
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Mauricio
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#13 posted 72 days ago
Great bench on bench Scott. I need one of these.
However the more I think about it, it would be used so much that maybe I’d be better off making a dedicated joinery bench.
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
Oldtool
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#14 posted 72 days ago
Fantastic build, very functional and looks like fine furniture. Great job on this.
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Brandon
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#15 posted 72 days ago
Nice Scott!
Mauricio, what’s your wife going to say when you tell her you’re gonna start building another bench?
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
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