Vise Question

Re: Vise Question

Bob Hackett

>Just keep in mind the ground clearance you`ll need for the beam when you flip the vise up.

I found the vice mounted to my bench was too high to comfortably use it flipped all the way up so you may be on to something by mounting it to the low bench.

You could always clamp the beam in one of the vises already on your bench and see how it`ll work in both positions at that level before breaking out the WMD`s.

Mainely,Bob

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thomd

>It depends whether you want to use the Emmert as the main vise on your bench, or not. I have a Tucker as the face vise on my bench, and it works fine for that. But it is also good as an all purpose hold anything vise, cut dovetails one day and hold a weird sculpture the next. In the latter mode I would prefer it attached to a very heavy post with a weighted base so I could work all the way around it. FWW had a picture of it mounted to a dentist's chair type hydrolic post, and that seemed like the right direction.

Bench height

Ellis Walentine

>In my many years of owning and using Emmert vises, I always had them mounted at somewhere around bench height, which for me is about 33". For you, I imagine it would be several inches higher than that since you're a lot taller than I am. I found that I used my Emmerts as face vises almost exclusively, and only occasionally rotating the jaws or flipping the vise up to hold something at an odd angle.

Ellis

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David Miller from Iowa

>I'm 6'2" and find it very handy to use the emmert at bench height (36" +/-) For fine work I twist it sideways for even additional height because my bifocals work without bending over.

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Chris K in MD

>Ted,

Congrats on the Emmert vise! Rich Glisson in NC had the best solution I have seen so far he mouted it to an arm on a post in his shop. There is a photo in my earlier post on Tawain emmert copies.

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Chris K in MD

>here it is

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/archives.pl?read=186299

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Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>Thanks, everyone, for the advice. Based on your thoughts, I have a plan in mind and will eventually post photo's.

What a beautiful piece of machinery!

Best, Ted