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Leg Vise - Jason28 - 11-08-2016
I'm closing in on finishing my knock-down English workbench. It's been a trial with the doug fir tearing out if I look sideways at it, and the top refuses to stay flat, though it's getting better. My issue now is the leg vise, specifically the parallel guide. I tired using a 3/4" steel rod and bushings I had laying around (saw it online somewhere), but that didn't work so well since my drill press table shifted a degree or two while drilling.
So now that I have these holes on the chop and leg, I figure I'll just put a traditional parallel guide there instead. The bench and chop are douglas fir, so I assume some straight grained, dry fir would work. Or should I consider another species just for kicks?
RE: Leg Vise - Axehandle - 11-08-2016
The harder the better for a parallel guide. No reason to cheap out on it since it is just one board. I don't deny that fir may be adequate but for my money I would go with oak at least. There is a lot of pressure on the pin that holds the parallel guide in place when you torque down on something real hard.