Paul Sellers Workbench Vise

Time to add a vise.

Paul sellers workbench vise. A vise i recently settled on as a decent workbench vise is the eclipse 9 bench vise made by or for spear and jackson uk. Paul shows various ways to clamp your work to your workbench. The bottom rail is longer than the top rail to allow for protruding tenons. Paul sellers company ltd is a company registered in england and wales with the company number 10347569.

There is far too much nonsense aid and written about what people must or must not dobuy in order to plane a bit of wood or saw a dovetail come to that. My second vise is just another steel face vise but mounted at the end of the bench like a tail vise. You can use clamps in combination with your vice to hold almost any piece of work without spending masses on a work holding system. Those who follow my blog will note that i have tried different things and recently i installed a couple of vises in two new bench builds made from reclaimed materials.

11 12 29cm 27 68cm 66 168m 2 34 70mm 3 34 95mm 66 168m 11 12 29cm 9 230mm 4 34 120mm 38 12 98cm 4 34 120mm 5 14 135mm 5 14. The short story is i made a modified paul sellers youtube bench crossed with his bench from the book working wood 1 2. Paul sellers workbench measurements and cutting list rail joinery tenons 5 centered note. Fitting the vise securely so that it can move freely and is accurately spaced from the top edge is critical.

I thought about how paul did it. Surely the whole point of what paul sellers said was that there is no hard and fast you must have a low bench way of looking at the height of your workbench. I dont understand pauls fuss about chips in the holesi have a shop vac and i like being able to use a holdfast. Paul shows how to lay out and cut the recess in the apron to house it.

As long as im going to have a vise there ill go ahead and put in dog holes.