I’m trying to take advantage of a catastrophic bench top failure to build in some much needed improvements into its replacement, primarily the addition of a proper face vice and a tail vice.
I’m trying to adapt the plans for the vice in The Workbench Book (Scott Landis) to suit my hardware; so far all I have is the vice screw. First question that sprang to mind was re the use of steel for the guide plates; could I substitute steel for aluminium?
Second question was re best material to build the wood pieces from; as always, I’m doing this on a budget so tight that it squeeks… but I think I have enough oak or sapele to build the vice jaw itself. Any thoughts re their suitability?? Personally, I figured oak would be perfect if I could take the steel out of the construction; last time I worked with sapele, I found it do be a bit brittle (if that’s the right term).
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
Mike Wallace
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Mike,
Not sure about your question(s). The guide plates that come with the screw (and the ones in the Landis book) are both steel. Any hardwood would probaly be satisfactory for the body. I made mine out of Paduak - just for the contrast.
Hopefully someone that understands your question better will jump in.
Jim
I built mine from the plans for John Nyquists tail vice in the same book, (a great book by the way). It required no hardware other than the screw and works GREAT! Additionally it was very simple to build and I used scrap maple and cherry for mine.
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