Nice video, very informative. "L'Art de menuiserie" was written by Andre Roubo. Moxon was an Englishman and wrote "Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handiworks" in English. Schwarz's "Art of Joinery" is an extract from that book.
Back table is just glued to the back of the fixed chop; it's a lot of long grain to long grain so it doesn't need any screws or whatnot. I wanted it glued instead of removable because I planned on hanging the vice to the side of my assembly table. It is in fact now hung directly below where i was demonstrating it in this video using a French cleat on the back of the table. Makes it very easy to store and take out, which I consider important or I wouldn't use it all the time!!
I built a version of the moxon this weekend using 2x6 and carriage bolts. I really like your idea of attachments. How is the table attached? Is it removable?
When the mortise looks good, put the nut in and tighten it up; when you remove it, you'll see which parts got slightly flattened. If the flattening is even, you're done. If it shows a high spot, just work on that. Tedious which is why it got the comment about more fun than humans were designed for :)
I actually filmed all that, but while editing realized I exceeded 20 minutes and nobody would watch 20 minutes about a vice. Well, not a woodworking vice :)
After drilling the holes, put the screws and bolts in, rest a large chisel on each bolt facet and mark the chop. If you use a Forstner bit, the bottom comes out pretty flat; while monkeying with the camera I forgot and used a chisel point bit :-/ More work to flatten, but the bottom doesn't have to be gorgeous...
You blew thru the mortising of the holes for the nuts. Any 'tricks of the trade' with those, or did you just draw an outline around each nut and slowly chop out the shape. I think the challenge would have been achieving a flat bottom since there's not a lot of space to work in such a small hole.
Haha, Use tomatos.. Awesome!
pwashington99 1 month ago
Nice video, very informative. "L'Art de menuiserie" was written by Andre Roubo. Moxon was an Englishman and wrote "Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handiworks" in English. Schwarz's "Art of Joinery" is an extract from that book.
shipwrecktheory 1 month ago
halfinch shy, my ass your spot on thanks for the video
jessestrum 2 months ago
Back table is just glued to the back of the fixed chop; it's a lot of long grain to long grain so it doesn't need any screws or whatnot. I wanted it glued instead of removable because I planned on hanging the vice to the side of my assembly table. It is in fact now hung directly below where i was demonstrating it in this video using a French cleat on the back of the table. Makes it very easy to store and take out, which I consider important or I wouldn't use it all the time!!
Thanks, Leite!
HalfInchShy 5 months ago
I built a version of the moxon this weekend using 2x6 and carriage bolts. I really like your idea of attachments. How is the table attached? Is it removable?
leitefrog 5 months ago
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When the mortise looks good, put the nut in and tighten it up; when you remove it, you'll see which parts got slightly flattened. If the flattening is even, you're done. If it shows a high spot, just work on that. Tedious which is why it got the comment about more fun than humans were designed for :)
HalfInchShy 6 months ago
Thanks, Marty!
I actually filmed all that, but while editing realized I exceeded 20 minutes and nobody would watch 20 minutes about a vice. Well, not a woodworking vice :)
After drilling the holes, put the screws and bolts in, rest a large chisel on each bolt facet and mark the chop. If you use a Forstner bit, the bottom comes out pretty flat; while monkeying with the camera I forgot and used a chisel point bit :-/ More work to flatten, but the bottom doesn't have to be gorgeous...
HalfInchShy 6 months ago
Great 'idea' video.
You blew thru the mortising of the holes for the nuts. Any 'tricks of the trade' with those, or did you just draw an outline around each nut and slowly chop out the shape. I think the challenge would have been achieving a flat bottom since there's not a lot of space to work in such a small hole.
MartyBacke 6 months ago