This vise can be used for both types of tail vise with or without a shoulder.
Woodworking tail vise hardware. Veritas sliding tail vise popular woodworking. Whether you re upgrading an old workbench or building a new one you ll need vices. Editor christopher schwarz and managing editor take you on a quick tour of this new piece of bench hardware. This allows the vise to spin rapidly and smoothly for gross adjustments.
The benchcrafted tail vise is the original flagship of the award winning benchcrafted line of workbench hardware. Woodworkers built furniture for centuries without a tail vise. It can hold stock in a variety of positions enabling you to make smoother saw cuts and more steady plane strokes. The single lead acme screw is 7 8 in diameter.
Besides being extremely robust with absolutely precise machining this vise s real claim to fame lies in its incredibly smooth and effortless operation. Benchcrafted hi vise hardware. Bench vice hardware front vices tail vices screw spindles. 388 west 24th street holland mi 49423.
It raises your workpiece so it s closer to eye level great for detail work. The tail vise was embraced in germany and in many scandinavian countries. The first evidence we have of the invention of a tail vise is a drawing in a codex from 1505 in what is now germany. They can be shoulder vices front face vices tail vices or any combination of the above depending on your ideas.
The benchcrafted hi vise is a valuable addition to any workbench. Classic tail vise available now. It s a smaller version of the benchcrafted leg vise that mounts on top of your existing bench. The maximum opening is 8 less the thickness of your wooden jaws.
It has guide plates 2 wide by 15 long. Woodworking vises when you re working with hand tools holding the workpiece securely is a must and a solid bench vise is like an extra set of very strong hands.