[donwilwol]

Mauricio, i've walked by a lot of antique leg vises in the past few months. The screw I bought from Smitty works great and I like my vice, it does everything I need, but I have to admit, that one would be hard to let go by.

 

[Sylvain]

Steve,
I didn't mean to critisize, what I wanted to say is that the 28 hours are for the basic bench and didn't include the time to make dog holes etc.

I would be more than happy to have one. For the time being I am working on the picnic bench in the garden, wheather permitting.

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

^ It is curious, Maur and Al, that the person what used that leg vise opted not to replace the front wood chop when it cracked, but to reinforce it with steel bolts and plate. Maybe he was more of a smithy vs. joiner? Or just the fastest, most effective repair because re-making the chop would be a pain? Another option might be the dado that has to be taken from the chop, to house the cross, weakened the chop and a replace just wouldn't hold over the long term.

 

[Sylvain]

there was some discussion hereabove
starting at #500 where the St Peters cross vise was mentionned.

As my comment #557 about it was out of sync at the time.
I wander what are your views about this design usefulness taking into account comments from Smitty, Mauricio & Techredneck (#505 to #508)

 

[mochoa]

If Mad Max was into woodworking thats the kind of vise he would have ;-)

Sylvain, Thats a lot of scrolling back, are you referring to the discussion about just bending over and moving the pin and it not having to be moved very often?

If I had the money I would go with the cross, it is slightly more convenient and its just a cool piece of engineering.

 

[mochoa]

Man I cant imagine how big a 2.5" wooden screw looks like in my hands. I think its overkill. The 2" I'm working on makeing are pretty big as it is.

I saw this one in an antique store, it was probably about 2"

I was going to say that the old timers didnt make screws that big but then I read this closer… 2.5"

Sorry guys, once I get my screw done I wont talk about them any more, your probably getting tired of hearing about it.

 

[Bertha]

^I don't get tired of it. What's the diameter of a beer can? Hold on….gulp….looks to be about 2 1/2 inches. I'll take some good pictures of my Lake Eerie. I have another reference to use that closer to 3 inches in diamter

 

[mochoa]

I think your right about the can Al.

3"? your gonna need 8"x8" legs for your bench! ;-)

 

[Bertha]

^Naw, I just have to get a bigger inseam on my trousers

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

@Sylvain - Coolness factor, the Cross Vise is way off the scale. Practical value added to a leg vise? For me? None, zero, zilch. I wouldn't want to hollow out the chop and leg, either. But that's just me.

 

[mochoa]

Smitty by the way, I bet that iron reinforcement was added on to begin with to prevent breaking or flex in the wood.

 

[Bertha]

I'm with Smitty, it's like chopper handlebars on your bike. Cool? Oh hell yeah. Practical? Maybe not so much. I mean, we could put parallel hydralic pumps with actuators. At some point, you kind of get too far away from tradition, imo.

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Entirely possible, and certainly effective~! as it's lasted a very long time.

 

[donwilwol]

I like that idea Al, foot activated switch of course.

 

[donwilwol]

better yet, lets do air, I already have a compressor.

 

[mochoa]

Garret Hack Square Dogs, seem preety easy to make. To late for me to do square dogs, my top is already glued up.

 

[Bertha]

Hell, Don, lets do vacuum. You could put a suction cup on the bench surface to hold your work. goodbye dogs!
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Just saying
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[Brit]

 

[mochoa]

LOL

 

[Bertha]

^lolololololol
huge bench
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