The idea behind this project was to create a simple and useful woodworking vice that could be clamped to my makeshift workbench (my desk). As I don’t have any metal working equipment, and only a few hand tools, a wood based vice made sense. Also, the wooden clamps I made a few weeks ago have performed so well that they seemed to be a good base for the project.
As you can see, the MDF and the 2×1 is scrap (hence the paint), all that’s new is the M6 studding, nuts and washers.
This is a relatively simple build, just be sure to keep the vice faces and the back rail sandwiched together with clamps before drilling the holes for the studding – good alignment will improve the strength.
I’ve widened the holes on the front face to 9mm to improve travel.
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