Woodworking bench vise

I wanted to come up with a solution that would allow me to install a machinist's style swiveling benchtop vise, without having to permanently install it, or drill holes in my benchtop and have to thread and tighten nuts and bolts every time I use it. Here's how! // Wood Projects // Woodworking Projects // Woodworking // Small Wood Projects // Wood Crafts // Woodworking Plans

A vise makes a workbench more than a flat surface for working on projects. Install a vise on one end and another on an edge, and you’ll cover nearly all your workholding needs. We’ve built a lot of workbenches over the decades with a lot of vises, and we recommend these six.

A few years ago I wrote about Ha-Khoret’s wooden bench vise and its embedded feature which prevents the notorious jaw racking syndrome. Vise racking happens when clamping a workpiece on the right (or…

How to make a bench vise from pine and an adjustable scaffold leg.

Make your own quick release vise for woodworking from the easy to follow plans available here.

FreddyS's Project

Vise with St. Peters Cross Ph5

it seems like it should be easy enough to use basic hardware from a big box store to build a vise on the front of your bench. Have any of you done it? If...

Homemade mini bench with Moxon vise intended for use on a tabletop to facilitate closeup joinery work. Constructed from red oak and featuring fully mortised stretchers and feet.

Homemade dovetailing bench handmade from Goncalo Alves and Marblewood. Features a Moxon vise.

With Handworks only a couple weeks away, we wanted to bring something special to the event. So we dusted off our old French tool catalogs and set to work designing an etau. What is an etau? The word simply means "vise" (plural "etaux") in French. It's pronounced kind of like "hey-tow" but don't pronounce the "h". Say it without the southern drawl. (thanks to Louis Bois for the French lesson) Sharing its basic form and function with French carver's chops, this etau clamps to any surface via…

I converted a pallet laying around to a small and mobile workbench, perfect for my 1 car garage

Jason Hess on Instagram: "Work Bench Vise #clamp #strong #wood"

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kiefer's Project

ChuckM's Project

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