Diy Moxon Vise

The benchcrafted moxon vise mounts to any workbench raising your workpiece to a comfortable ergonomic position and holding it rock solid.

Diy moxon vise. The design i came up with uses pipe clamps. You can customize it based on your height or what kind of wood you have. Another option is to spend over 150 for a moxon vise hardware kit online. Then purchase the hardwood that is required to build it.

I decided to finally add a proper woodworking vise to my arsenal of tools. I choose a moxon vise for it versatility and relatively low cost. There just isnt much support that way. This handy bench top accessory elevates your work making hand cutting dovetails and other actions easier to manage.

Make it moxon vise. Roubos screw press from plate 280 of lart du menuisier the benchcrafted moxon vise uses the same precision rolled acme screws as our other vises. The best part is that neither vise requires a workbench to build or use. I built this moxon vise to make it a little easier to clamp wide boards for laying out and cutting joinery.

It is a hand tool that can be extremely useful for dovetails and other fine joinery. Photos by carl duguay. This bench top woodworking vise allows me to bring the end of my work piece to a. Build a moxon vise.

The options are endless but i will share the dimensions i decided to go with. I picked up a kit for this vise from benchcrafted and for what you get the price was acceptable. The moxon vise is a simple vise and can be made in a day or less. The vise is made up of 2 parts a front jaw and a rear jaw.

Illustration by james provost i recently moved to a condo that has a small 180 square foot workshop in the basement. While i still have access to a fully equipped woodworking shop i find it convenient to use the basement shop in the evenings or when i want to tinker with a new tool. I did all of the work on our tablesaw outfeed table which was the closest analog i could find to a dining room table. Although our vise isnt an exact copy of moxons or roubos the term moxon vise has been widely adopted to describe this type of vise.

If you cut dovetails or other joints by hand a moxon vise will completely change your experience with these tasks. Im way too cheap for that so i decided to design my own moxon vise after looking at a few online. The moxon vise hardware kit comes with an instruction booklet with everything you need to know to make your own moxon vise. Make a moxon vise.

You can use whatever size.