Clamp in a vise

[bob vaughan]

A clamp in a vise for holding small stuff is old news, but for me, holding drawer assemblies for detailing was a new convenience. The bar of the Bessy box makers clamps is rested on a piece of 1/4" plywood to get the desired clamp jaw height. The soft jaw faces don’t mar the sanded surfaces like iron faces.

I thought I’d pass along this ‘make-do’ holding rig for those of us that don’t have one of those versatile woodworker’s work benches .

 

[gamiller3rd]

Improvise, adapt, and overcome

 

[Chris C]

That's a good tip... I have that versatile woodworkers bench and still do that very thing on a regular basis.

 

[petebucy4638]

A clamp in a vise for holding small stuff is old news, but for me, holding drawer assemblies for detailing was a new convenience. The bar of the Bessy box makers clamps is rested on a piece of 1/4" plywood to get the desired clamp jaw height. The soft jaw faces don’t mar the sanded surfaces like iron faces.

I thought I’d pass along this ‘make-do’ holding rig for those of us that don’t have one of those versatile woodworker’s work benches .

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I have a traditional steel shop vise mounted on a plywood platform, with two pieces of laminated 3/4" plywood mounted perpendicular to the mounting platform. When I need to use this vise, it can be clamped in my bench-mounted woodworking. When not needed, the shop vise goes back on the shelf. This arrangement saves me from having to have a shop vise mounted to the top of a workbench.

 

[bob vaughan]

Good call.
Anything mounted to the top of the work bench is in the way.
Pictures?

 

[petebucy4638]

Good call.
Anything mounted to the top of the work bench is in the way.
Pictures?

 

[bob vaughan]

Yep, gonna steal that idea.
I've got a similar small metalworking vise with a single piece of wood on the bottom and it is a pain to level in the vise. With that T-shaped base, no leveling needed. Thanks.

 

[Hmerkle]

I mounted my Wilton Bullet to a 2 X 6 so it sits on the bench (since I hammer on it quite often) plus it brings it up quite high for filing and cutting (hacksaw, etc.)