Moxon Vise Diy

Illustration by james provost i recently moved to a condo that has a small 180 square foot workshop in the basement.

Moxon vise diy. 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. I choose a moxon vise for it versatility and relatively low cost. Im way too cheap for that so i decided to design my own moxon vise after looking at a few online. I decided to finally add a proper woodworking vise to my arsenal of tools.

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. This bench top woodworking vise allows me to bring the end of my work piece to a. I picked up a kit for this vise from benchcrafted and for what you get the price was acceptable.

It is a hand tool that can be extremely useful for dovetails and other fine joinery. The vise is made up of 2 parts a front jaw and a rear jaw. I built this moxon vise to make it a little easier to clamp wide boards for laying out and cutting joinery. You can use whatever size.

Make a moxon vise. Build a moxon vise. The design i came up with uses pipe clamps. Another option is to spend over 150 for a moxon vise hardware kit online.

How to build a moxon vise twin screw or dovetail vise on a budget. The moxon vise is a simple vise and can be made in a day or less. The moxon vise hardware kit comes with an instruction booklet with everything you need to know to make your own moxon vise. The options are endless but i will share the dimensions i decided to go with.

Diy moxon vise posted on april 20 2012 by garagesandals i am now finally following through with my previous plan to build a moxon vise for my workbench that looks and works like the benchcrafted vise but costs about 5 as much. If you cut dovetails or other joints by hand a moxon vise will completely change your experience with these tasks. This is a quick how to woodworking video to give an overview on this shop built moxon vise proje. Then purchase the hardwood that is required to build it.

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