Saw vice - WIP - Finished

[carlb40]

Just for Danny :lol:

Further to this thread.
dovetail-saw-restoration-wip-t76516.html
A saw vice/ chop is needed, so while awaiting drill bits i thought i would knock one up.

It is sort of based on what is called/ referred to as the Lie Nielsen saw vice.
So using scraps of ply and pine i started it.

First up 2 pieces of 12mm ply cut to the same size and a piece of pine i had lying around.

Then cut the pine into strips for the top and bottoms.

Then a quick lick over the sawn edges with my 5 1/2

Then using my french curve, i layed out some curves at the top to allow for the saw handles. As i like things to match, i made a similar one for the bottom.

I then clamped the pieces of ply together and cut out the sections with my jigsaw.

Then i glued/ screwed the timbers to the ply.

I then marked out for the 3'' brass butt hinges - all i had lying around. Well apart from some 4'' stainless fire door hinges. :lol:

Hinges chopped out.

Then after setting up the router table with pattern bit. Routed the top timbers flush with the ply.

Then finally, screwed the hinges to the base.

So there we have one saw vice. I will probably add some horizontal battens about half way down to form lips so it sits on the bench / vice top.

Just need to get some leather to line vice cheeks with to grip the saw better.

 

[DannyEssex]

Thanks Carl, I think I will have to make one very soon

 

[carlb40]

Thanks Carl, I think I will have to make one very soon

Cool. A WIP is a must, no pics means it never happened. :mrgreen:

 

[bugbear]

I've seen a few variants on the LN vice that have deep, chamfered jaws, to improve access for filing. It looks to me like the normal LN vice shares a problem with the Sellers design (although not to the same extent).

BugBear

 

[carlb40]

Yeah i did try it out and i think a mk 2 is in order with a chamfered top. This one i get to use about half the file. Plus i will make it a bit shorter. Although i could take the screws out of this one and chamfer the top for better access.

 

[morfa]

Much better than my bodge job. Looks nice. Hope it does the job well.

 

[bugbear]

Yeah i did try it out and i think a mk 2 is in order with a chamfered top. This one i get to use about half the file. Plus i will make it a bit shorter. Although i could take the screws out of this one and chamfer the top for better access.

Good files are too expensive to only use half of it! In any case, that sound frustrating.

BugBear