How to Install a Bench Vise
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how to properly install a bench vise. The vise I'm installing is an The Irwin vise can be purchased on my Amazon affiliate link: amzn.to/30BUacx
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Great video for boys who never had a father to teach them. Thank you Sir.
I know a lot of fathers that need this video too.
my father is more than willing to teach, but our home doesn't have the room for an actual "work space" such as the one in the video.
maybe we should consider leveling part of the back yard and putting a shed there to act as a workspace area
My father had no patience to try to teach me.
which makes contact with the nut on the underside; the washer? or the lock washer?
It’s also great for WOMEN whose fathers didn’t think they needed to learn such things 😉
I am going to install the vice this weekend after getting some nuts, bolts, and washers - installations like this seem straight forward at face value BUT 99.999% of the time, I learn something new I'd never even think of when watching videos like this.
I've learned the hard way not to try something before asking/learning from someone with more experience than me!
Pretty amazing how many people you've helped with such a simple video - thanks for taking the time to do this!
Oath.!
The info you gave about the spade bit, to back off and not push too hard when you get closer to the end of the hole, is great advice. As someone thats only in my first year of woodworking, i can use all the tips and tricks i can get. Great video all around. Thanks.
Thank you 👍
Another thing you can do if you have the room is hold or clamp a short piece of 2X4 beneath where the bit will break through. You'll get no splinter or break out at all. Two clamps work best, safer too.
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This is a great video that should help the beginner who is a total novice installing his first vise. It will show you how to mark 4 holes on the work bench, drill them out, insert bolts, and tighten them up. After only 12 minutes of instructions in this video, anyone can be drilling holes and tightening bolts at an expert level. I highly recommend this video.
Thank you 👍
thanks for posting - exactly what I was looking for.
Just picked up the Harbor Freight 5" Doyle (the red painted better quality one) today, thank you for the content.
Perfect. Just the help I was looking for to install a new Yost homeowner’s vise.
It’s amazing how many people get this totally wrong, some even get the wrong type of vice. Like yourself I like my machine vice on a corner, but my wood face vice I like about a foot from the corner to give me that extra bench room for larger pieces.
A very useful video for many people.
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I got my bench vise installed perfectly. Thanks again.
Great video, Pete. My son gave me a vise for Christmas a few years ago. I’m finally researching installation and use. Your vids are so easy to follow. Keep up the good work.
Awesome thank you 👍
Thank you Pete. Exactly the instructions I was looking for. Much appreciated.
Your welcome
Thank you, sir! This is exactly what I needed. Vise installed!
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Saw this vid after installing my new vise and I’m glad I did it right lol
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Thanks for the video, simple but necessary for my lack of handiness!
Thank you
Excellent video Pete, just decided to put in my garage a new work bench & vice, now I'll buy a much better vice having watched yours.
Thanks. John Larkin
Southampton U K
Thanks, It's always a good idea to figure out what type of work you would normally be working on and get something a little better then you think...........a little over kill is ok :)
Thank you that was great! Also now I have made my mind on which vice to get! I really liked the one you installed :)
Thank you, I'm glad the video was helpful.
excellent video with good advice from which any first time fitter would really benefit to watch. thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
great tips for vise setup. The ending scene is awesome, LOL
Your instruction and video was very good I'll be mounting a vise real soon
Thanks! Installed mine today after your video for tips. Cant believe how expensive 1/2" bolts are now. 4 bolts/nuts/washers were $10+
Thanks again, I'll definitely need to do that!
Glad I watched this. I only bought one washer for the bottom didn’t even think about buying one for the top.
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Nice install. A must have companion for any serious shop. My vice does not have that ability to rotate the jaws like yours but it does rotate 360* around its base😎
Nice vice and install Pete! That curvy grain as a workbench surface is looking quite nice as well, good choice!
Thank you
Pete B. I wonder how many fake accounts you have 1, 2 oh wait no over 9,000
Nice video. Exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thank you!!!
Thank you 👍
Very good video. Thank you for taking the time and sharing.
Torpedo Thank you
Great video, have the same vice and your video was spot on. Keep them coming!
Thank you
What make/model is that vice by the way?
That was a very informative video on how to mount a bench vise. I wish everyone would plan their videos before rolling so that we don't have to labor through time-wasting uh-oh's and do-overs.
You had it all planned and everything went well. I mounted a vise in almost identical fashion a few years ago and it went in almost like yours. I have another on order that will have to be mounted outdoors on a concrete post/pad ...hopefully...so that I can take it inside in bad weather(cast iron doesn't like wet things!). This was a very helpful vid.
Very nice. Thank you for showing us how to do that. 👍🏻
Thank you
Great video! I just bought a vice and didn't exactly know how to anchor it. Other videos didn't show the lock washer and I like that idea. I may do that!
Thank you
It's a nice video but lock washers don't work - see www.boltscience.com/pages/helicalspringwashers.htm
Thank you for the nice video! very detailed and as you said beautiful.
Thank you
nice and helpful video. I just received my bench vice.
Thank you.
Thank you for the video. It was very helpful.
Thank you 👍
NIce vid for us newbies. Thanks man.
Thank you
Well said and I couldn't agree more. I just installed mine yesterday and felt confident in doing so after watching this.
Awesome vid, this helped me ❤️
This was really helpful! Thanks!
Great and helpful video, Thank you
Awesome video. Good information and no BS.
Thank you
Enjoyed your vid. Ill be installing my new 6.5 inch vise on my plywood workbench. My plywood measures just a bit under 1". I decided to install it over 1/4" steel plate wirh another strip of plate under the front bolts for extra strength. May be overkill.
Really informative video. Thanks!
Daniel Balfour Thank you
Good video thank you. I just bought a vice today and figured I should watch a video to make sure I don’t do something stupid lol. Your video helped. I was going to try to drill through the 2by4 on my bench and mount it that way but I’m thinking it will be difficult to keep my drill holes straight.
Thank you
Nice job sir. Thanks for posting.
Thank you
Great video - thanks for posting.
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Great job, nice beefy vice.
Thanks Pete! Great video.
Thank you
Thanks. I'll give it a shot tomorrow morning.
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Great vid thanks. The last scene was even better:)
No problem 👍🙂
Great Add-Vise thank You!
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Thanks for the video!
Thank you
That is one BEAUTIFUL huge workspace. I wonder what it looks like now, 6 years later.
Thanks so much!!!
just-bougHt my vise you answered all my installing questions thanks-pete
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Nice video, thank you!
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This is a great video. Thank you for being so detailed.
I did however decide on going with a Capri Tools 1051 series Ultimate Grip Forged Steel Bench Vise. It's manufactured in Taiwan (much better than China), and it's made from forged steel as opposed to cast iron/cast steel (hollow on the inside). More expensive of course (double the price), but I won't have to worry about cracking a jaw as so many people have posted regarding Irwin or Yost cast iron/cast steel vises.
Now I just need to decide on going with a 4" or 6" jaw. While my primary needs are for small gun smithing and chain sharpening projects, somehow I get the feeling that 6" is the way to go for those "just in case" projects. 5" would have been ideal, but Capri only makes the vise in 4", 6", and 7" sizes. 7" is definitely way overkill.
Again, thank you.
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@@petebeasttexashomesteading - By the way, is your bench bolted to the studs the wall in front of it? Trying to get an idea of how to prepare the bench for the vise install.
Yes the bench is bolted to the wall studs.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading - Thank you.
Great Video
Carson Jensen Thank you
Thats a nice vise.
Very nice video very helpful and I want to thank you and I noticed some people were making fun of you and really that's too bad because it's a very good video and I thank you
Thank you and I'm glad you liked the video. I try to put videos up of things that people can get help with or ideas from. It doesn't bother me any more that people make fun of me because it really show that their maturity level is not that high. Thanks again.
Hey Pete I thank you for responding I will be putting my vice up this weekend I'm lucky I have an old-time hardware store that's been in business for 124 years to get all my nuts and bolts and hardware I'm in the upstate South Carolina Pickens i'll let you know how it turns out thanks
Hey Pete I thank you for responding I will be putting my vice up this weekend I'm lucky I have an old-time hardware store that's been in business for 124 years to get all my nuts and bolts and hardware I'm in the upstate South Carolina Pickens i'll let you know how it turns out thanks
I do miss those old time hardware stores.
Yeah we have a Lowe's Lowe's and Home Depot but I love going there because I can buy one or two in a really friendly and they know who we are and my top the stainless steel one 1 inch wood underneath so I'm just gonna mounted on top I'll let you know how it turns out I'll send your picture
Cool bench vise
Thanks 👍
I would have liked to have seen a shot from underneath the table as to how the washers and nuts fit onto the bolts, but other than that, nice video.
Nice video, yesterday i bought a Crafstman 5 inch vise (made in china), i expect to mount it today on a piece of steel beam
Thank you, Your vice will definitely be sturdy on the steel beam.
Yes, is a little piece about 2 foot for one foot, i don`t have a work bench so that is the way it is going to be placed jeje. It is a great help tool. I am working right now and at 18:00 hours i am out so as soon as i get home i am going to work on that. Tomorrow i buy the screws. Thanks again!!
Héctor Rangel j
Thank you!
Thank you and you're welcome
good and logical advice :o)
Thanks!
Hey mate great video. I am designing a workbench to build myself, and I will be buying that exact vise in the future. Could you be so kind to tell me the rough lengths between the bolts (centre to centre)? It looks like a square, but knowing the dimensions will help me think about support underneath the vise for my design.
I hate to see people with negative comments here... Keep up the great work because you really helped out way more people, compared to the small few who complain!
Thanks again in advance, and greetings from Australia :)
Hello my friend, the distance from center to center is about 4 7/8 (4.875) inch or 124mm hope this helps.
ok thanks Mr.
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Denver DH'er 👍
Such a great tutorial! Thank you! Sorry for the newbie question, but why do you need washers and lock washers and what order did you stack them on the underside?
Thank you, after you put the long bolts through the top of the vice you will put the large washer underneath first then the lock washer then the nut. Using a large diameter washer keeps the nut from sinking in to the wood when you tighten it, and the lock washer keeps the nut from unscrewing it self after time.
You only use lock washers between a nut or a bolt and something fixed like your bench (not a wooden one ;-) ) or your vice. It has to bite an unmoveble peace to work. Your large diameter washers may turn round the bolt and so the lock washers cannot fix the nut. Both will turn, too.
In your case the pressure of your strong bolts and nuts against the compressed bench-material will hold them in place by the friction of the thread.
For the rest: Nice video and sorry for my german english.
Thank you for the information :)
Regarding the lock washer, that always goes on after the flat & just before the nut. That said there is a certain direction you want to install the lock washer. Lay the flattest side of the lock washer on your work bench or surface. When you look at split in the lock washer one side will protrude higher than the opposing side. That protrusion is somewhat malformed and sharper than the side on the other side of the split. That protrusion is the side you want the nut to contact first. Tightening the nut flattens out the lock washer and Lockes the nut in place.. If you remove the nut, you can see where the protruding part of the lock washer marred up the underside of the nut once it's in your hand. So, long story short the protrusion part actually locks the nut in place.
🎥 Great Video 🎬 ! _ Congratulations! 👍 🇧🇷
Thank you
Hi Pete, great video and thanks for sharing. Can you tell me the name of those steel support braces you have installed on the workbench legs? Looks like they help out with the overall integrity of the piece
Thanks, Here's the video link of me building my workbench. All the information is in the description under the videos. czcams.com/video/FUrOgUudlBg/video.html and I used them in building my heavy duty garage shelves too. czcams.com/video/sBIh2y-PLvU/video.html
Decent video thanks. I have similar bench set up but I don't want to mount only thru the plywood even with wide washers or a steel plate backing it hammering on things in the vise I'm sure will eventually destroy the plywood or get ripped clean off the bench. Trying to find ideas for strengthening the outside bench corner underneath and most likely to the wall also. I'm no carpenter by trade but maybe I'm expecting too much from a 2x4 or 2x6 frame to hold up against beating on things in the vise. Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated
You could double up on the ply wood or use 2x6 or 2x10 for the top and 4x4 for the legs, that will hold up to most pounding, and make sure the 4x4 is directly under the vice.
Very nice
thank you
just got one of these and did the same thing
Very helpful. Thankyou. Are there any vids of you using the vise for woodworking?
Sorry, I don't have anymore videos on the vise.
Well, I got a swivel vice but ths damn thing won't swivel lol. Thanks for the informative video!
Thanks you
I recommend a nice steel stab to distribute the weight across the workbench and have a thicker slab of table top on a bigger vise.Don't forget toe use Grade 8 or higher on hardware. Great video tho!
Good idea on the table top. I have a roll around 4x8 table that I would like to do that to so I can weld on it. Thanks
A good thick table top will do no harm but what he has is still good enough for working on.
I just got a big vise and I ended up gluing down another square of half inch plywood under it. I was afraid that a heavy load or twisting would end up just breaking the single sheet of plywood on my benchtop. I also added another 2x4 brace.
Good, it's always better to add more reinforcement before adding a vice.
Yeah I was thinking the same for his vise as well. I got 1/2 ply on top of 1/2 MDF on a 6 in vise and want to add some 1x2 's as a brace.
Yup, that install wont last for sure-need a stronger base
I like the vise.........
Ralphy O Thanks
thank you. i think even my dumbass can install my vise now. mine is a 2 hole with swivel.
i do want it on the corner of my bench.
i think mine is 1/4in bolts. they dont look as big as yours so mine is less heavy duty but going on a wood bench and should be enough for my usage.
im confident now i can install my vise and have the tools to do so
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you could probably supply a small village with warm clothing if u decide to donate some hand hair.
Then how would I stay warm :)
It is easy to spot a young liberal now days. They are even offended by a little bit of man's hair. I bet you plan to wax.
@@bighands69 or as unlikely it is he was making a joke
Awesome. Thank u Pete. From Pete. Lol.
Glad you enjoyed it
What if my table top (3/4 plywood) doesn’t hang over the edge of the frame? Mine is flush with the 2x4 frame so I can’t put bolts on the forward two holes of the vise. Could I just use screws to hold the two forward holes into the 2x4 frame? Like half inch diameter screws?
Good review. What's brand is it ?
It's an IRWIN 5-in Multi-Purpose Vise. I have the link in the description.
Don't use lock washers! NASA has found that they're useless against stopping bolts from coming loose. Just use Nyloc nuts instead of regular nuts or use some of those serrated lock washers, but not the split ones that you used in this video!
Aside from that, great video! ☺
loctite is another viable option
I bought an antique Craftsman made in the USA 5.5” Vise that is in great condition. I went to mount it on my new work bench after measuring the holes in the base at 0.5”. The half inch bolts fit through the holes in the base very snuggly, so snuggly in fact that is gave them about a 80° angle when coming out the bottom of the base. As I could not replicate this angle when drilling the holes in the workbench, I ended up going with 3/8” bolts and hardware.
I wish I could use the 1/2”, but I don’t see how without machining the holes in the base to produce 90°. Slightly frustrating and weird. lol
You could try finding 12mm bolts. The 12mm equals .472 in
@@petebeasttexashomesteadingthank you!
Many thanks for your vice advice. I'm just wondering why so many are mounted on the LEFT side of the bench ??? Are most workshop folks left-handed ? Anything to do with political persuasion ? Surely it's neither of these. Is it more practical in some way on the left ? Mine is like yours, but mounted at the RIGHT hand corner of the bench. It has a swivel base like yours, BUT I'm so envious that yours also has vertical swivel.
Do most vises come with nuts, washers, bolts and lock washers or do you usually have to buy them separate?
Also, I'm mounting to a solid piece of 1inch wood, should I add another piece of wood on each side of the table to sandwich the 1inch thick piece of wood?
EDIT: The small blooper bit at the end of the video was funny, reminds me of me when I'm recording a video lol.
No you'll have to buy the bolts, nuts, and washers. I would just screw a 5/8 plywood on top of the 1 inch board table top should be enough.
Mounting a heavy vise through a sheet of plywood? Um, no. I appreciate the rest. Thanks!
And close to the edge of plywood...
He specifically says in the video that he chose plywood instead of solid wood because that's all that he needed for how he was going to use this bench.
@@SuzukiKid400 I've have to mount on plywood before. If the whole bench isn't solid wood, I'd suggest sandwiching some solid wood plates on top and under the bench, then mounting to that, helping to manage/spread forces.
@@SuzukiKid400 He says he could have used 2x10 or 2x12 underneath, but he couldn't have. He has a corner support underneath the vice.
@@Jarod1941 I disagree. You can always change the corner design to incorporate solid wood for a vise mount. Stop criticizing the guy.
Buy your bolts, washers & nuts at Tractor Supply you can get them buy the pound and they sell grade 5 and 8 also. Wilton recommends grade 5 bolts for vises which sounds like a good idea.
Thanks for the info....👍
Hello from England! Your workshop looks bigger than my living room! I only have a shed 10"x 6" and my home made bench is only 3' x 2'. Got any suggestions as to size/type of vice I should get? I'll be using it for wood, but also chainsaw maintenance and hand tool renovation. I'm left-handed so maybe place it on the right side. Any thoughts?
Well it seems like you need a smaller machinist vise and a wood working vise but you're limited in table top space. That's a call you're going to have to make. Whether you mount the vise on the right or left on the table, you have to mount it where it will work best for you and space you have. Here's a good video of Wrangler star mounting an inexpensive wood working vice. czcams.com/video/TqE-2cPZdL4/video.html
Cheers@@petebeasttexashomesteading
how's that irwin vise holding up? i was looking to buy one and would appreciate any suggestions you might have
I personally think it's a decent and versatile vice for anyone to use and I'm very happy with it. Harbor freight sale one that looks just like it but stay away from their vises because they use inferior metal from china and will break when hit with a hammer.
Nice! Are the top washers (the ones you ground) really necessary?
RaymundoRock The outside diameter of the washer was too big so I had to grind it. But if you can find a smaller diameter washer then you don't need to grind them.
RaymundoRock No I guess the top washers are not absolutely necessary.
Actually yes, the top washer prevents the head of the bolts from grinding into the cast iron housing and protects the finish to a degree. On the washers one side of the washer has sharper outer edges, the other side the edges are smoother more rounded. I put the smoother rounded side down to minimize paint loss. Just my thoughts.
How has that Irwin vise hold up? I'm thinking of getting a Irwin 4 1/2 Cast Iron Light Duty vise from Lowes or a Bessey 4 1/2 Light Duty vise from Home Depot. They are almost the same price and I want to use it for things like removing brass from power cables.
My vice is holding up great and I use it regularly.
How has this vise held up? Have ya been rough or hard on it at all?
I use it often but I'm not too rough with it and I like the fact that I can swivel it around when I need to. It's holding up great.
i won't have room for working at the corner so can't fit it to the corner. my work bench goes right to the wall either side. looks like im installing near the middle. not sure i'll need a swivel vice in that case....? would it still be useful
You can mount the vice anywhere that works for you. It's always good to have a swivel vise, you never know when you'll have to move your clamped part around.
Was this from Miami ...
Is it okay to use a vise that has smooth Jaws or should I buy an advice with gripper Jaws?
It all depends on what you are trying to hold with the vise. If you're working with wood, you'd want smooth but with steel, you would use the jaws with the gripper on them.
how much over hang do you have for the bench?
2 inches
do you have video on how you built that work bench?
Yep, it's an old video but here it is. czcams.com/video/FUrOgUudlBg/video.html
do you know what the hole measurements are??
Do the lock washers go above or below the lower washers?
snakeeyes20a Lock washers go between the bolt head and washer. So put the lock washer on the bolt first then the washer.
snakeeyes20a And underneath the bench you put the washer first then the lock washer then the nut and tighten it all together.
0:29 what are those corner brackets called? (just below the vice) I can't find them on Home Depot website...
Simpson corner strong ties: www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-RTC-18-Gauge-ZMAX-Galvanized-Rigid-Tie-Corner-for-2x-Nominal-Joist-2x4-Nominal-Post-RTC2Z/204834336