Installing my new vise
I bought a vise at Harbor Freight with another 20% off coupon. It’s another one of those small projects that
ended up being more work than I expected.
It’s not the best one in the world but it is definitely better than no vise. I hate having no vises….
ended up being more work than I expected.
It’s not the best one in the world but it is definitely better than no vise. I hate having no vises….
The clamping mechanism ended up being a little smaller than I expected.
I placed the vice in position and marked where the lower clamp needed to go in.
The lower mech is 1″ wide so I used a 1.25″ Forstner bit to make a hole.
I opened the bottom with my cordless jigsaw.
I tried to square it off with my jigsaw and then a file. I put a corded jigsaw on my Christmas list along with a dado set for my tablesaw.
This is what it looks like from the inside.
I screwed in a piece of 2×4 to brace the part where I cut and to have extra support for where I screw vice down into the top of the workbench.
I predrilled the mounting holes down into the extra 2×4 brace.
Not neccessarily my cleanest install but it will do the job.
I pre drilled the holes into the 2×4 brace but not into the the workbench itself. This bit shattered when the screw hit the workbench wood. I drilled out the remaining 3 holes into the workbench and had no more issues.
Installed and ready for use. I am debating on whether I want to mount some pieces of wood to the inside of the vice or not. I will probably end up doing it just because I get bored.
