{"id":4368,"date":"2021-11-06T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:53:20","slug":"workshop-re-attaching-a-record-vice-to-the-workbench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4368","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Workshop – Re-attaching a Record Vice to the Workbench"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How I\u2019ve left things at close of play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve spent a good chunk of today working on my workbench. First I had to clear everything off it; both the top, with the clutter that accumulates on that, and the base shelf, where I now store wood and several tool boxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My main vice, an old Record (the blue one!), now much better; more square.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once cleared, I up-ended the bench and had a couple of goes at finding a new position for the vice. Formerly the vice was dreadfully out of square. On my second attempt of today, after a failed first try, I decided to radically rework the cutaway I\u2019d made on my original attempt at mounting the vice, yonks ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Secured underneath, in a slightly raised cutaway, by four hex-head bolts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rather annoyingly I didn\u2019t document the various stages. A pity, as quite a lot of effort and work was entailed. I used the layered or laminated nature of the workbench top to work back to a complete new plank, hoping as a result of achieve a squarer mounting. And it seems to have worked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next I need to \u2018build back\u2019 to use a modern political. 1 catchphrase, simultaneously filling in the excess I cut away, and providing the clamp with a wooden back face. I\u2019ll also attach a wooden front face as well. But that might have to wait till tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I cut a section of old floorboard and routed out a recess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The floorboard timber I used to make the rear face of the clamp is the same stock of timber the whole bench is built from, out of an old Victorian town house. I cut it to size, routed out a recess to accept the rear face of the vice. Drilled two holes to screw it in place. And finally planed it flush to the bench surface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The workshop, as it looks in the evenings now we\u2019re in Nowonder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As anyone who knows me well will realise, I\u2019m a man of many vices. As well as the nice old blue Record vice, I have the red Fuller one pictured above. That\u2019ll most likely get bolted to a block of wood, for use clamped into the Record vice. Compounding my vices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a bit later\u2026 after watching Pacific Rim<\/em>, I couldn\u2019t stay away. And went back and added a wooden (ply wood, in fact) front jaw. see pics below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I couldn\u2019t keep away\u2026 so I added a from jaw as well!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s not totally centred, but it is planed flat\/sanded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tragically all my plane handles I made recently l – I used both my Handyman planes, flattening stuff on the bench\/vice – have broken. The dark wood one was too dry and brittle, and snapped off and was re-glued repeatedly. The soft pine wood one was always going to be too weak. I need to start over with these bits, and do them in a much denser stronger wood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve spent a good chunk of today working on my workbench. First I had to clear everything off it; both the top, with the clutter that accumulates on that, and the base shelf, where I now store wood and several tool boxes. Once cleared, I up-ended the bench and had a couple of goes at … <\/p>\n

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