{"id":4406,"date":"2021-11-07T13:23:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:08:04","slug":"workshop-vices-looking-nices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4406","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Workshop – Vices Looking Nices!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Main vice, fully open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Soooo\u2026 Sunday, and the main vice is looking and working great. I\u2019m very pleased. I sanded off some excess wood-filler (the white stuff!), along some of the seams. The flat work surface is fab! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The side of the bench, or the rear face of jaws that face out towards work\/me are less contiguous. But the new insertion is better\/truer that the former side of the bench itself was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And in the closed position. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I put a nice meaty large-ish jaw on the front\/opening face. So hopefully I can clamp up big chunky stuff! Because my bench is made of pine floorboards, it\u2019s not as heavy as might be ideal. And despite all the stuff – five full toolboxes filled with hefty toolage! – certain things can still make the whole bench move a bit. Which is obviously annoying and disappointing. Still, this is my first ever DIY workbench. So it\u2019s hardly surprising it ain\u2019t poifeck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A secondary vice or clamp within a vice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bolted to a block of wood, and securely clamped in place. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A second Fuller 3 & 1\/2\u201d clamp sits clamped in to the main vise; a useful addition to and extension of what the main vice facilitates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other less happy news, my two home-made plane handles have both failed. And both in exactly the same weak spot. What one might want to call the Achilles\u2019 heel of the plane \u2018tote\u2019, albeit it\u2019s actually midway between the \u2018ankle\u2019 and the \u2018toe\u2019! My knob is faring fine tho\u2019! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Knobs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another \u2018drill-lathe\u2019 knob!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another knob. This one\u2019s from a harder, denser wood. Mind, it\u2019s not my knobs that\u2019ve failed thus far, but my \u2018andles. The wood is from a load of evergreen for tree type wood we got off Freecycle, for firewood. I wish I knew exactly what kind of wood it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And she\u2019s in situ!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Making these is great fun. Now I\u2019m into the sanding and varnishing stages. Sand, varnish, sand, varnish, sand, varnish, sand, varnish, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My nice shiny knob!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soooo\u2026 Sunday, and the main vice is looking and working great. I\u2019m very pleased. I sanded off some excess wood-filler (the white stuff!), along some of the seams. The flat work surface is fab! The side of the bench, or the rear face of jaws that face out towards work\/me are less contiguous. But the … <\/p>\n

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