Angled Leg Vise For The WIN!
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- An angled leg vise on a woodworking bench isn't very common... but it should be! In this video, I talk about it's many benefits, especially when paired with a sliding deadman angled to match it, as well as share some little tips for getting the most out of the setup.
Don't build a new hand-tool woodworking bench without watching this video!
Some pertinent links from the video:
Leg Vise Hardware
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NOTE: The VX20 I have has since been replaced by the VX21
Pinless Parallel Guide
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I was aware of the Hovarter mechanism but teaming it with the pinless parallel guide ... just genius! What a great setup
That’s fantastic mate.
This is the most comprehensive and most informative video on leg vises I’ve yet viewed. It seems you have paired the two best devices to construct a leg vise with the quick release and the chain mechanisms. Thank you for such a great and entertaining video!
I run a Hovarter Leg and Wagon vise too 👍. It’s not often I bump into someone else with them. I originally went with Len’s design as a way of supporting a small maker/innovator. I do run a 24’ twin Veritas on the other side too, but then my bench is in the center of the west bay in my shop and can be worked on from all sides. Thanks for the content 👍
Excellent design choices.
Especially good exposition and especially helpful for me, as I set out to build a leg vice. Thanks ever so! ♥
Beautiful bench and vise! Love that it's something different!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
Damn, these are some great videos! And I like the vise a lot! Great mechanisms. I knew about the chain mechanism but hadn't seen the Hovarter mechanism before. That was just amazing!
Yo! I know Jim Ritter from Sag Harbor, NY! Small world. Thanks to your video, my next work bench is going to have an angled vise and hardboard from Jim and your vise company...cheers!
That is just slick as owl p o o ! You have sold me on the angle vise. Really elegant hardware and woodwork. + Well presented information. + Thanks for the video.
Glad you like it!
Great vídeo, full of relevant details. Thank for sharing those, made my own angled leg vise more possible to make in the future
Glad it was helpful!
I think you're the first one I've seen to use Hovarter's mechanisms on their bench. I've considered it but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
Great video and perfect timing. I will be building at least one bench this winter, and really want an angled leg with a vise but hadn't figured out a good way to make it work. This helps - a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative video and as a fellow CZcams 'new guy' also very well shot. Hovarter is based and made in my hometown. Such a cool system. When I get around to my hand tool bench build it will be my choice in clamping system for sure.
Im on board, Looks to be the best way to do it.
Amazing -- I've been planning a build of an angled leg vise on my next workbench, and I also wanted to pair it with a Hovarter mechanism. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this video. The one concern I had was whether the x-brace would work well at an angle, and you've answered that question for me as well. Thank you very much for posting this! You've earned yourself a new subscriber (and commenter). 😄
Excellent! Glad you got something out of it.
thank you
Well I haven’t seen a video you did I didn’t like, so I guess I don’t have to keep to myself, right pal? Lol in my retirement I’m planning on building a European bench with a shoulder vise similar to what Frank Klausz and Rob Cosman use, that said wood and shop has a Moravian style bench that is portable and uses the angled vise, that’s on my list as well. Now I just need to live long enough to get it done! Outstanding bench my friend!
Thanks
nice vise
I've been planning on upgrading the face vise on my Cosman style work bench, but have been wavering on what type to install. I think you just helped me make my mind up! Definetly a leg vise with the hovarter vise mechanism and Anchora chain parallel (with moxon for Dovetailing), not sure i can do an angled leg vise with my current set up, but I'm going to put some thought imto it.
Well for f*%#sakes, I guess I gotta build one of these now. After quite a few years out of the hobby I’m once again starting to set up a new shop. I’m finding I’m building more tools, jigs and helpful equipment than making the stuff I really want to make! Hahaha Best vice set-up I’ve ever seen! Great content, keep up the good work 😊
You had me at "low drag coefficient".
I have to hand it to ya, that's a sweetly elegant vise with the chain parallel guide. I like the foot operation, the off centerline vertical work clamping, frankly all if it.
One thing that mystifies me: why is the upper lip of the chop not flush with the bench top?
That was actually a happy accident. I screwed something up while making the vise chop, and just left it, thinking I would remake the chop if that bothered me. It's actually really nice. It gives me finger clearance while using joinery planes- or any plane with a fence on it. Now, if I ever made another leg vise chop I'd do it that way on purpose.
Love this idea and I think I’ll be going this route! Thanks. Can you go into some greater detail on your bench? Like the sliding deadman and it’s integration with the aluminum track.
Sure can! I got a whole video on it planned, with enough detail to make non-woodworker's eyes glaze over.
Awesome beauty
thanks
Woa game changer alert. I’m wondering if there’s a way to make this work with Will Myers’ moravian workbench.
great video. doesn't make sense to not build angled. I always wondered why there were not more built in the past. I know there were some, but why not 90%?? What are the cons? not many.
If it were angled the other way, it could be right at the end of the bench top for easier cross-cutting.
That could work, but it'd effectively make it a left handed vise, which would take some getting used to for me.
I was set on the Benchcrafted criss-cross but this feels like a better solution. And even with the chain it's more economical.
Thanks again.
The chain way easier to install too.
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Ordered vise and chain mechanism to remake my old work bench like your angled vise. How did you connect the legs to the top? I'm sure I could attach them somehow but thought I'd ask. Noticed legs didn't protrude the top which I kind of like the look of. Thanks, Terry
Mine are very large mortise and tenon joints that are unglued because it's a knock-down design.
I’m looking at the Hovarter vise and was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions for me? How long is the shaft from the back of your chop? And how far down from the bench top did you place it?
The clamping shaft is roughly 19" minus the thickness of the vise chop (you really should get this info from Hovarter's website because it may have changed in the years since I got mine) and it's about 7.5" from bench top to top of clamping shaft.
@@themountaintopjoinersshop8422 Cool. Thanks for the info. I'm going for the VX21 after much agonizing over the various leg vises out there. The quick release in and out is what sold me.
With no thread on the shaft, how does turning the wheel tighten it?
Elf magic? I honestly have no idea. That question would be better posed to Len at Hovarter (see link in the description). It works great though.
There goes my vise budget 😅
To be fair, this set up was a fair bit less expensive at the time than the Benchcrafted vise and criss cross hardware you see everywhere else.
@@themountaintopjoinersshop8422 I'm busy with my leg assembly right now and I'm tempted to go angled on the left side now🤔