Vise held shoulder vise 1 of 2
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away
>This is not the completed version of the vise held shoulder vise that I am intending to make within the next few days, but is instead a few pics of the shoulder vise that is on my other workbench. For now I think it will serve the purpose of showing what I intend to do, and will give enough info for George and others to get started on theirs. I cannot take credit for this idea as it was either Carol or perhaps Johanna that first posted a pic of it.
At any rate, I'll be posting two pics.
The first pic is a frontal shot. Notice that I have two lengths of 2x4's for the long arm, than three shrter pices for the depth. You can certainly add a few more pieces to make the opening bigger if you wish, just don't exceed the capacity of your bench vise.
The rod is 3/4' all thread, which passes thru a nut and washer that have been welded together. In the washer I drilled three holes for screws so I could attach it to the arm. The handle is nothing more than I pipe "T" with a dowel thru it. I drilled right thru the "T" and the all thread, and cotter pinned it with a nail. The dowel I cross-drilled on each end and stuck in two smaller pieces so the handle won't fall out. You can make the handle as long or short as you desire.
The second pic is to show the foot. First, you see the nut and washer that have been welded together and again, cotter pinned to the rod with a nail. This assembly acts as the "pusher" of the foot. These is a small gap between the washer and the foot which tends to make the foot a bit floppy, but that's alright. In the foot I bored out a cavity big enough for a 3/4" nut to rotate in, and again, cotterpined that nut to the rod with a nail. This nut acts as the "puller" to pull the foot back, and to give it something to work against I screwed a washer in front of it as you can see.
Note that I cut a groove in the three "depth" pieces, for the tail on the foot to ride. This pretty much was for the purpose of keeping the foot from rotating 360 degrees. Mine is a bit of sloppy fit, but you can make yours tighter if you so desire.
now, instead of attaching this to your bench, just slip it into you benchvise and WA-LA! a removeable shoulder vise. You could also make a crachet to put into your bench vise using this idea
Hope these pics help, and will be happy to post more if so needed.
Todd O.
