The Smallest Workshop in the World

Step 7 Bench Vise

An inexpensive bench vise always comes in handy on any bench, so is mine.

Comments

[rusty0101]

If you are going to be doing any work on panels, window or picture frames, etc., you may find it handy to add a series of vise holes a couple of inches in from the long edges of your table, and attach another of these vices on the end that does not have the corner cut out of it. I'm presuming that the saw, router and jigsaw all drop below the surface so you should have a flush surface to set things on. A pin in opposing edges of the bench, and a board dropped down within the end vice, with the other end pressing against the support legs and you can clamp the panel you are working on tot he table.

If the work will be too narrow to reach the pins on either edge of the table, you can use a 1x4 or other support to span the distance between the pins. Separate the pins by how much throw your bench end vice has, or increase that by setting up one side of the vertical board so that it will reach onto the bench a bit further.

Very nice project by the way.

[steliart]

Very nice idea and suggestion, thanks for the input :)

[mrviking]

I'm a carpenter and joiner in Great Britain and I don't think I have ever seen a better project for a small space. A brilliant idea, well put together in fact I'm going to use some of the ideas myself. SUPERB!!!

Ian

[steliart]

Thank you Ian for your comments and for visiting

[thewhitedogdad]

This is one sweet idea for someone without much space. You are to be complimented on your ingenuity and skill to build this.

[steliart]

Thank you very much

[Ken Chevy]

What a cheaply made little workshop.  Very well thought out!

When I made a table for my workshop at home I bought a 3 foot x 7 foot  x 2 inch solid core door with out any holes in it from a recycling place.  At one end on the side I mounted my wood vise the way you have done.  I made the frame from 4x4's and put a bottom shelf in it and on top put 1x12's lengthwise on it then lay the door blank on those, lining up one end and one edge to be flush with the frame.  Then screwing through the 1x12's into the bottom of the door blank. It was a cheap table for me to make and it is really solid. 

I really like stuff a person can make for cheap that lasts a long time.

I needed one, so I made it, just as you have made your work table and shop.

When a person makes something like that, you get such a feeling of accomplishment form doing it yourself vs buying a table. 

The last couple years my health has been so bad I haven't been able to get out into my shop, but hopefully I will be able to later this year.   I built my bench in 1994 and it has never gave me any problems.

You can be really proud of yourself, you have done some really nice work using what you have had.  KUDOS to you!  You have put it together very well.

Ken
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[steliart]

Ken Thank you for your kind words.

I wish you all the best, get better really soon and get back to your shop.

Again thanks for visiting