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Homemade Wedge-Powered Leg Vise


Wedge-Powered Leg Vise
 
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TOOL:
Wedge-Powered Leg Vise
PLANS:
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BUILDER:
shipwright on lumberjocks.com
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade wedge-powered leg vise intended to provide a variety of traditional clamping solutions for a boat builder. The 8-degree vertical wedge offers 1/2" of travel. Two shims and a range of holes spaced 1" apart yield a travel span of approximately 10" face to face.
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Dec 04, 2013 3:42 PM
DIYer
Well, that's certainly one way of applying clamping pressure...
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CATEGORIES:
Vises
TAGS:
vise, workbench, wedge
LEVEL OF DETAIL (1-5):
3
URL:
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/70623


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DIY Wedge-Powered Leg Vise - comment on how to build a Wedge-Powered Leg Vise - 1 comments
DIYer says:
Dec 04, 2013 3:42 PM
Well, that's certainly one way of applying clamping pressure...
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