Woodworking Bench Vice

A woodworking vice is not an essential feature of this.

Woodworking bench vice. This is also called a woodworking front vise. You can download a pdf plan. Typically though we can expect to see two vices on a workbench today.

The following bench vises from woodworking vises with quick release functions to heavy duty cast iron models were selected taking the above factors into consideration. Irwin woodworking vise 6 1 2 inch 226361. I am making a bench vise.

This is a wooden bench vise. Does your workbench need a vice. Of the many types of woodworking vice that are available few are more suited to the hand tool user than the traditional variants.

Meaning it is mounted to the side of your workbench and not on top. Woodworking vises vary in price from about 30 to as much as 400. Woodworking vises differ from metalworking vises in that they attach to the bottom of the bench surface or are built into it with typically wood jaws flush with the benchtop.

Woodcraft has vises for attachment to a workbench or for use as a standalone or bench top clamping tool. Some people like it his way and others mention that it sometimes is not convenient while working on curved pieces. The second will be at the end of the workbench on the right.

We can refer to this as the tail vice. An extra set of hands is always a plus when working in the woodshop. We tend to call this the face vice.