Pipe clamp vise. It consists of two main components. Pipe clamp screwed to one end of your workbench. Start with a piece of 12 in. A few years ago i made a sliding moxon vise out of two 12 pipe clamps and some scrap plywood in the shop.
It works like a third hand for all kinds of jobs and only takes a half hour to install. Both jaws were made from laminating plywood together and it was secured to the work table via two homemade hand screws from scrap wood and a carriage bolt. Operating in essentially the same manner as a pipe clamp this vise is straightforward and inexpensive yet remarkably adaptable. So far i love it.
About 55 of these are clamps 22 are vise and 1 are other machine tools accessories. A wide variety of pipe clamp vise options are available to you such as bench vise angle vise and universal vise. As a vise it worked very well. I built this workbench in 2013 and the one thing its always been lacking was a vise.
I wanted to add a vise to my workshop after watching a bunch of how tos on youtube specifically jay bates videos i gave it a try todayheres the materials youll need for this instructable2 12 pipe clamp sets1 12 cast iron pipe i bough. A tail vise is an essential part of a first class workbench. Clamps sliding head and the jaw of the stationary head. Most types of tail vises are quite complicated to build but the folks at lee valley have figured out a way to make a simple one from an ordinary pipe clamp.
I do more woodworking than. Increase your workshops vise atility with a 12 in. A head which attaches to a length of 34 black gas pipe that you supply and in place of the usual pipe clamp tail piece it has a base fixture that mounts on the underside of a benchtop or other wooden surface. Its never had a vise of any kind attached.
With the clamps sliding head removed insert the pipe and guide rod through the jaw and mounting block. Vise jaws nylon multipurpose use on any metal vise magnetic reversible pads clamp flat or round products available in 4 or 6 2 sets in 1 by jcl products 1375 13. And i decided to change that. Pipe clamp bench vise.