How to Mount a Workbench Vise

with the benchtop upside down on a table I'm going to start mounting the in vice on the bench top by first removing the nuts that hold the end assembly to the guide rods go ahead and slip that out and set it aside and now I'm going to slide the guide rod assembly out of the base of the in vise set it aside as well I'm temporarily going to install the wide end cap onto the bench top of course I'm not gluing it at this point I'm just putting it in place and then securing it with a couple of long bar clamps this is just to make sure that it's in the exact position it'll be in once it is installed I mean glued in place later on once the clamp turned place I'm going to go ahead and slide the vices base against the inside of the end cap and use a rule to Center the base on the underside of the bench top now I'm going to use a cool little tool I made from a length of one inch dowel with a dowel centering point I'm going to use this to transfer the exact position of both the guide rod holes and the vise screw hole onto the inside of the end cap so I just slide it in place and give it a couple of taps and then repeat the process on the two guide rod holes once the three center points are marked I remove the clamps and the end cap and now I'm going to go ahead and put the end cap on to the matching other vise face and align them very carefully so they line up together because we're going to go ahead and drill holes for the guide rods and vise screw all at once through both I'm just going to use a couple of short clamps to hold the two vise faces together now here at the drill press I'm going to use a 1 in 1/8 inch diameter Forstner bit which I'll Center using the marks we made earlier and I'm going to drill through both members at the same time of course - sure accuracy and to keep things from shifting I'm going to go and clamp both to the drill press table before I bore up the holes [Music] here's the third hole for the other guide rod Lord now then I switch over to a three-quarter inch Forstner bit and I'm going to go ahead and drill out the three holes in each vise face for the bench dogs that will be used with the vise for holding things to the bench top once all these holes are drilled I'm back at the bench and I'm going to go ahead and once again temporarily mount the the end cap or inner vise face using the spline now normally I would glue the end cap on at this point but for the sake of the video I'm just going to clamp it in place temporarily I'm going to go ahead and return the guide rod assembly into the end vise base and slip those guides through the holes here I'm just going to use a little eyeballing to make sure that everything is aligned properly and that the guide rods are indeed centered on the holes that I just board in the end cap and with the base pressed firmly against the end cap I'm going to go ahead and use a self centering drill bit to to bore some initial holes into the six or eight I think it's eight mounting holes that are used to attach the vise base to the underside of the bench top these first pilot holes are a little small something to enlarge them slightly you but enlarge your drill bit and basically I'm preparing these holes for some number fourteen flathead wood screws that are going to do a good job of firmly attaching that base to the underside of the top check the position one more time now before I Drive these number fourteen by two inch long screws I'm going to lubricate them a little bit by rubbing a little candle wax into the threads this will help them drive easier into the hard maple here I'm going to use a an impact driver to to set these screws driller plain old screwdriver just as well now I'm going to go ahead and slip the the outer vise face onto the guide rods and reinstall the vise screw and end assembly before sliding the vise screw all the way into the base you have to reinstall the two elements of the quick release assembly that make this vise so handy to use align those parts and sort of gingerly feed the vise screw through until it's fully seated and the the outer plate is engaged in the threaded studs on the end of the guide rods and now go ahead and replace those nuts and tighten them up once the nuts are tight I'm going to go ahead and make sure that the outer vice face which is still loose is clamped tightly against the inner one and perfectly aligned with it of course I'm using the vise itself to clamp them together and now I'm going to use my self centering drill bit once again to bore the four holes for the number twelve by one and a quarter inch screws that are going to mount the plate to this outer vise face I enlarge the hole slightly and once again with my handy dandy impact driver I'm going to drive all four screws into place once that's done this vise is pretty much ready to use mounting the side vise to the bench top is very similar to the process that that we just went through the only difference is that the inner vise face in this case is a piece that's going to be attached with four countersunk screws to the side edge of the bench top itself I'm doing that here just using some nice long number ten production screws before mounting the vise face of course I've gone ahead and done the same process of marking and boring the holes for the guide rods and vise screw in this case using a 7/8 inch Forstner bit I then mount the side Bice's base just as I did with the end by space earlier with the outer of vise jaw in place go ahead and use my number twelve screws to attach it to the end plate assembly once the nuts are installed and tightened unto the ends of the guide rods the vise is ready to go you

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Length: 9min 11sec (551 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 22 2016