Moxon Vise
#21
Derek Cohen wrote:

Actually, I wrote "The chop runs on bronze bushings ...".

OK, so it was "bushings" - my bad. Did the bushings come with the diamond plates attached or is that something you did for effect? Do you have a specific source for these bushings? McMaster Carr?

Thanks,

Doug

Edit - Maybe I found them? McMaster Carr
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#22
Doug, with the exception of the brass knob, all the brass fittings were made by myself.

Regards from Perth

Derek
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#23
I recently built a moxon vise in the last year or so. I went with the hardware kit from tools for working wood. A good price and a couple other nice features, like the screws don't stick out the front when you tighten them, and the nuts are rectangles and not hexagons.

The wood is a mix of 2x pine and 5/4 maple, working ok.

I used cork/rubber gasket material from auto supply store to line faces, applied with hide glue.
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#24
(04-18-2022, 06:55 PM)Derek Cohen Wrote: Doug, with the exception of the brass knob, all the brass fittings were made by myself.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Thanks Derek - just another "lovely" job! I'll probably "pillage" a few of your design cues. 
Rolleyes 

Doug
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#25
BTW, is there any "optimum" width for the boards? I've seen all the way from 6" to around 8".

Doug
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#26
For mine, I wanted 24" between screws because I figured that would be the widest thing I would dovetail.

Edit:duh width. I just did 4" width hard maple since it's what I had on hand.
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#27
(04-19-2022, 10:12 AM)only 3 injuries Wrote: For mine, I wanted 24" between screws because I figured that would be the widest thing I would dovetail.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. When I mentioned the "width" of the boards I meant how tall they are; for example Length could be 24", width could be 7" and thickness could be 1 3/4". Hope this is clearer.

Doug
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#28
Sorry, i misread.

Mine are 4" wide and haven't been a problem.
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#29
No other comments or suggestions on the height of the chop?

Doug
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#30
Dimensions of my Moxon vise:

The width of the vise is narrower than my previous one, but capable of 450mm (17 3/4") between the screws. Most cases I built are between 350 - 450mm deep. My previous Moxon could do 560mm (22") between the screws. This is unnecessary, and just makes for a very large fixture.

Where the old Moxon used wooden screws, which I turned, this uses steel Acme screws and iron wheels ala BenchCrafted ... except that these came via Tom Bussey (thanks Tom), which amounted to a large savings. The wheels are 5" in diameter on a 3/4" Acme screw.


The front chop is 5 1/2" high, which is necessary because of the wheel size. The chop must clear the wheels.

Regards from Perth

Derek
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