DIY workbench vise

Greetings.

I talked about a very simple design of the vice earlier on the channel. They were installed in my universal workplace. A link to his drawings can be found at the end of the article.

The old vise looks like this.

In connection with the reorganization of the workshop, the renewal of the table top at the workbench, I decided to redo the vice as well.

The design is a little more complex, but quite accessible to repeat.

In the new vice, I used an M20 threaded rod, two metal tubes with a diameter of 25 mm, the rest of wooden bars.

The vise screw was made from parts that are easy to buy. A nut and a tee from a water pipe were screwed onto a threaded rod, a large washer was placed between them. The nut and tee were fixed to the studs. (scroll through the gallery)

Through holes were drilled in the fixed part of the vise for the screw and guides. In the vise, a long M20 nut was used, which was half recessed in the fixed part. The guide tubes on one side are fixed in two bars, resulting in a guide block.

To keep the long nut in place, add (except glue) I clamped it with a self-tapping screw from below, for this I pre-drilled a hole so that there was a small depression in the nut for this self-tapping screw.

On both sides, this nut was clamped with a couple of bars, for greater reliability.

In the assembly, such a design turned out. I screwed plywood to the block of guides from below, which protruded about 1 cm to the sides. I put a couple of bars on top of plywood lining to limit the guide block from the sides and bottom.

I fixed these bars to the fixed part, to the bottom and set the size on top with a pair of plywood strips. I screwed this whole structure to the workbench.

In the movable jaw of the vise, I first drilled a 35 mm hole in the center to sink the nut on the screw, and then drilled a through hole by 22 mm.

For the guides, I drilled two blind holes, into which I glued these guides, additionally screwed them from below on a self-tapping screw for reliability.

The screw was tightened in a vice, removed the tee and fixed the washer to the movable jaw with self-tapping screws. Then he put the tee back, fixing it with a hairpin.

I checked the vice at work. They work easily without distortions and clamp parts well.

The holes in the movable jaw were drilled so that it was flush with the worktop.

All this was done for a modular workstation, which I have been using for the fifth year. Drawings can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Alexander.

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