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What's the best Woodworking Vise ? | How to install it

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What is the best Woodworking Vise? Rob Coasman talks about the different woodworking vises, tels you which one is the best vise, and shows you how to install it.
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20 Comments

@RobCosmanWoodworking Creator 4 years ago Pinned

Check out Rob's Best Workbench Video here: https://youtu.be/O0kN1URBUUQ

@allenhess6583 2 years ago

I’m 72 and finally building a proper workbench using 2 3/8” x8’ section of a piece of maple from a bowling alley. I am mounting a homemade Pask makes vice . Wish I had seen this vice before but I’ll try the one I made first. If it does not work I can redo it using the features of your vice , I especially like the rectangular tubes and method of adjusting the vice to eliminate or reduce any racking. Thanks for the overview of the various vices and their uses and misgivings. As always your video was complete ,easy to follow and understand. Greetings from Maine.

@titol34 1 month ago

very nice ans strong vice . This video is amazing . greetings from France thanks a lot

@ethanneale 3 years ago

What an absolute shame I found this a Year too late. As per usual, exceptional content Rob

@Danny-ul4sq 4 years ago

Finally, Rob reveals all his vices. Well, apart from M'A'S'H' trivia and ice hockey.

@j.d.1488 4 years ago

Damn looks like a great vise for beginner. Just saw hope discount appears again. Cut to convince wife it's a great investment. Keeps me home. Lol

@perfectjays 4 years ago

You guys are the best!!

@davidpisarski5620 4 years ago

Rob your content never disappoints. I'm putting together your shoulder vice on my bench and it is a piece of art!

@mikecondoluci53 3 years ago

great video just subscribed thank you

@robohippy 3 years ago

One thing the Moxon vice will do that the others won't do is clamp irregular shaped pieces. Being mostly a turner, I have very many 1 to 3 inch square pieces that were green and have dried, and none of them are straight. You can't do a good job of clamping these types of pieces in a vice that is supposed to clamp pieces that are already pretty straight.

@hillcountryCNC 2 years ago

Excellent explanation!

@lewisway6811 4 years ago

I think I will install mine to my new workbench this coming week. Thanks for the tips on installing one.

@gm2407 3 years ago

So the first vise acts like the old fashioned chrochet but allows for better pressure and unobstructed stock to be added, with limit to only the width of the scandanavian vice out leg. I can see the advantage for clamping, especially if you had a way of fitting a rail support accross the bottom of the bench for general support allowing the vise to keep the board flat against the bench side. So that is good for Z axis (vertical z,x or z,y) orientation of stock.

The next vice also makes sense for holding steady stock on x axis with blocks along the x plain for movement along that side as the x plane is the longest side to work on so gives you the biggest motion for planing.

So what operations would you not be able to cover with only the first two vises in such a configuration that I mentioned?

@Exo594-b5v 4 years ago

The Moxon is just a tiny, mobile version of a Twin-Screw vice, which is wider, deeper, uses heftier threads, and hangs on. They're semi-rack resistant and can absorb some angling in a piece because the two screws move separately. I often do use an anti-rack block on an opposite corner or edge if things are getting squirreley. I've had one attached to my bench for about a year now and have gotten used to its quirks. It's a great vice in terms of strength, holds things very strongly if they're square on a few faces, and they can be home-made for relatively cheap.

It may not be a lot of "fun" to spin 3/4" standard thread rods through a few inches of travel, but they get the job done.

@stevobear4647 4 years ago

Excellent, thanks.

@steveexcell7017 4 years ago

My face vise is a vintage Record 53 DE which is fine for most uses. Rob is spot on in that it does not work well for dovetailing...especially for longer pieces. Had to make a Moxon vise to solve that problem.

@jamartin1 4 years ago

Thank you!💜

@thippeswamy9780 4 years ago

Very informative

@peatolding630 3 years ago (edited)

This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!