Tail Vise Clamp
After years of wishing my old workbench had a tail vise, I realized I could make one of my new Jorgensen Cabinet Master bar clamps do the job. All I...
Shop-Made Rocker Jaw
Shop-Made Rocker Jaw One simple board, cut into the shape of a seesaw, can make a huge improvement to your vise. It allows you to firmly hold tapered work and...
Anti-Racking Credit Cards
Have you ever clamped a part in one side of a vise, only to find that the piece slips? If you had looked at the vise’s front jaw, you probably...
Yost M9WW 9″ Rapid Action Woodworking Vise
Tool: M9WW Rapid Acting Wood Working Vise Manufacturer: Yost MSRP: $99.99 Before I admitted I was a woodworker, I accomplished all of my woodworking in a Craftsman bench vise. I remember buying...
BenchCrafted Classic Leg Vise
Tool: Classic Leg Vise Manufacturer: BenchCrafted MSRP: $210 Until recently, workbench hardware on the market was so pitiful that you were better off looking for vintage vises and screws for your...
Pipe Clamp Vise
Tool: Pipe Vise Manufacturer: Lee Valley Price: $65 A tail vise is an essential part of a first-class workbench. It’s used to hold work on top of the bench, between dogs....
Easy Bench Upgrade
Tool: Inset Vise Manufacturer: Veritas Price: $98 A good tail vise sometimes ends up being an after-thought. When you built your bench, maybe you could only afford to shell out for the...
3 Classic Vises Made With Pipe Clamps
As a professional woodworker, leaving the comfort of my shop to work on a jobsite is part of the routine. I had a portable bench, but without vises, it was...
Replacing a Vise’s Broken Handle
My school’s woodshop is equipped with 14 professional woodworking vises that are being used all the time by students of different age groups. Many of our vises were made by...
Extending the Lifespan of Your Jorgensen Rapid-Acting Woodworker’s Vise
We have about a dozen Jorgensen rapid action vises in our woodworking program which as being used by our students all the time. For the most part, my students try...
Tool News: Twin Turbo Vise
Tool: InKleind Twin Turbo Vise Manufacturer: InKleind Price: $270 There’s a new twin-screw vise on the block designed by Andy Klein that I’ve had the opportunity to test in a...
CAD to CAM to CNC: Part Seven — Programming a CNC for 3D Carving
My last several posts have been about how the BARN workbench vise chops were designed. In this post, I’ll show you how the CNC was programmed for machining with CAM...
