I noticed that the metalworking vise wobbles a bit. It it is just TOO heavy for the face vise. I would suggest that the mounting should be an L shape and have the weight of the vise resting directly on the workbench. You could also have 1 or 2 strategically placed dogs on the bracket to further lock the vise into location.
I like your video's you have a good oral presentation and simple to follow Thank you very much for doing these videos I will watch them all and learn as a beginner,woodworking I love to do. Cyrus Wilson
Thanks for the video Colin :) I like the style of wooden Jaws for the Machinist Vice. Instead of mounting my Machinist Vice in another Vice, I have it fixed to a plate made from plywood and then I clamp the plate to a workbench or work surface. It's really sturdy and I will try and put a video up on my channel soon to demonstrate what I mean.
You have such a great presentation skill Colin. I've watched hundreds of videos on various woodworking topics, and yours stand out. Such great, simple and direct advice - and your personality makes the videos very watchable. Keep up the great work and the great tips! Also, I fully expected you to add a third vice on top of your machinists vice. Vices, all the way up.
Try waxing the surface of the assembly gig. Most glues than can be scraped off with a putty knife or equivilant. This wil prevent glue bumps from interfering with alignments.
Get some lead or thick soft aluminium and make a set of jaw covers for the metal vice. These will protect both wood and metal surfaces from scoring by the very hard vice jaw Inserts. Or just make a set of vice jaws from aluminium blocks. Aluminium can be cut by wood working saws if you use a little paraffin or candle wax as a lubricant to keep the aluminum chips from sticking to the blades.
Wooden self levelling vice inserts for metal vice, never thought of that. Usually I struggle with bits of offcuts which can be fiddly. Great ideas I’m still learning these common sense tips from you at 73 yrs old.
Fantastic! Great tips I can use! I've watched your videos and have learned alot and gained a lot of information for use in my shop. I'm sure I convey the wishes of many in hoping you continue to share your knowledge.
I love watching your presentations. You could probably work in any arena successfully because you have one of the most natural presentation voices available.
Ummmm....why didn't you put the hinged swing out support at the same height as the vise's internal (rail) support? You have it set so the piece runs downhill.
That metal working vice is nowhere near solid lol, and a lot of weight to put on the clamp. When i've seen this done in the past people often use an L shaped piece that sits on the bench and the lower part of the L gets clamped in the vice - would make more sense
Hi Colin, as usual this is a brilliant share, simple and easy ideas that I never thought of before. so thanks. I've been looking around youtube re building my own table saw. Unless, I missed it, I never found anything on your channel. Do you have any videos to make one please?
Thank you SO much for this video, the tip about the hinged flip out support is genius, I've been using a solid block of wood that I have to keep taking on and off when I need the extra support... I'm definitely going to be using you idea, simple but super effective ♥️😲😁👍
I know this is an old comment but you could try making a jig that resembles a speed square. However, it would have the fence pivoted by 90 degrees. Envision a triangle attached to a square shape. You could then clamp it to the plywood and slide the foot of the circular saw along the edge while cutting. This isn't something that I've done before. Though, the idea applies some things I've learned and have used before.
Just a thought, but it looks to me like the machinist's vise would be more stable if it was mounted on a board that sat on the workbench top with a tang clamped in the woodworking vise.
Thanks so much, Colin. As always great information and handy tips, and well-explained. I really appreciate the help you give - so sensible and makes the workshop even more fun. Cheers.
In carpentry you are surely knowledgeable but most of all you are a sympathetic and fun teacher to enrich knowledge with your help. Thank you very much.
I absolutely love your videos Sir! Your tips and techniques really help me I am on a quest and have a goal set for myself I'm a newbie so to speak into wood working.. I don't know my wood species very well and want to make small keepsake boxes of every Illinois Hardwood and make a showcase to put them in for display with a chunk of end grain beside each one... Just my own goal... probably silly but gotta have something to keep me entertained and push myself to... not yet sure how I'm going to tackle the hedge wood but I will get some experience under my belt and see how it goes!
I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to woodworking hints and tips videos but I must say you show stuff that I haven't thought of before. Excellent video mate. I used a similar method and your hinged support, but it's just a hole with a sawn of broom handle stuck in it! I thought you weren't going to stop with the vice trick and end up at ceiling height with a stack of vices! Good stuff.
I noticed that the metalworking vise wobbles a bit. It it is just TOO heavy for the face vise. I would suggest that the mounting should be an L shape and have the weight of the vise resting directly on the workbench. You could also have 1 or 2 strategically placed dogs on the bracket to further lock the vise into location.
I like your video's you have a good oral presentation and simple to follow Thank you very much for doing these videos I will watch them all and learn as a beginner,woodworking I love to do.
Cyrus Wilson
This feels like it warrants the Xzibit meme.... Yo Dawg, I heard you like to VICE.. so we put a VICE in your VICE, so you can VICE while you VICE!!!
You look like Mark Hamill's Canadian Brother!!
I love those little wooden jaws you made for the machining vice!!!! I'm going to my shed :-)
Thanks for the video Colin :) I like the style of wooden Jaws for the Machinist Vice. Instead of mounting my Machinist Vice in another Vice, I have it fixed to a plate made from plywood and then I clamp the plate to a workbench or work surface. It's really sturdy and I will try and put a video up on my channel soon to demonstrate what I mean.
Thanks for the tip, sounds interesting!
I've uploaded a video today ua-cam.com/video/4cws_QFD3ow/v-deo.html I hope you find it useful. Thanks again for the Wooden Jaw idea :)
You have such a great presentation skill Colin. I've watched hundreds of videos on various woodworking topics, and yours stand out. Such great, simple and direct advice - and your personality makes the videos very watchable. Keep up the great work and the great tips!
Also, I fully expected you to add a third vice on top of your machinists vice. Vices, all the way up.
Try waxing the surface of the assembly gig. Most glues than can be scraped off with a putty knife or equivilant. This wil prevent glue bumps from interfering with alignments.
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Get some lead or thick soft aluminium and make a set of jaw covers for the metal vice. These will protect both wood and metal surfaces from scoring by the very hard vice jaw Inserts. Or just make a set of vice jaws from aluminium blocks. Aluminium can be cut by wood working saws if you use a little paraffin or candle wax as a lubricant to keep the aluminum chips from sticking to the blades.
That's a GREAT tip. Thanks for sharing.
Wooden self levelling vice inserts for metal vice, never thought of that. Usually I struggle with bits of offcuts which can be fiddly. Great ideas I’m still learning these common sense tips from you at 73 yrs old.
Fantastic! Great tips I can use! I've watched your videos and have learned alot and gained a lot of information for use in my shop. I'm sure I convey the wishes of many in hoping you continue to share your knowledge.
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Excellent job done in wood working hacks. I am from Pakistan, City Lahore.
I love watching your presentations. You could probably work in any arena successfully because you have one of the most natural presentation voices available.
Do you have a video on installing a wood vise? And different techniques to hold/grip materials to top of wood bench?
Thank you.
Bit of a wobbly bench there Colin
I almost had to lol when he said "solid" :)
Thanks for the inspiration. Made an assembly jig with aluminum angle pieces and the top of a dresser.
Love your videos!
Thanks for sharing all your experiences with us..I have learned a lot from them👍👍
I often wonder if there is someone hiding behind u that tickles you to make u giggle so much...? Well I would like to have one too.
Ummmm....why didn't you put the hinged swing out support at the same height as the vise's internal (rail) support? You have it set so the piece runs downhill.
That metal working vice is nowhere near solid lol, and a lot of weight to put on the clamp. When i've seen this done in the past people often use an L shaped piece that sits on the bench and the lower part of the L gets clamped in the vice - would make more sense
The wooden blocks for the machinist vice is brilliant. Going to make them for mine.
I'm glad you liked them. Thanks for watching!
This is the kind of knowledge you can only pickup with experience! Thanks for sharing your shortcuts with us. Brilliant video Colin!
You're welcome Adrian. Thanks for watching!
Really informative. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us Colin. Very clever!
You must have Dutch ancestors.... ;-)
You are freaking brilliant!!!
Hi Colin,
as usual this is a brilliant share, simple and easy ideas that I never thought of before. so thanks.
I've been looking around youtube re building my own table saw. Unless, I missed it, I never found anything on your channel. Do you have any videos to make one please?
Thank you SO much for this video, the tip about the hinged flip out support is genius, I've been using a solid block of wood that I have to keep taking on and off when I need the extra support... I'm definitely going to be using you idea, simple but super effective ♥️😲😁👍
Hope it helps! Thanks for watching!
I've seen a couple/three of your videos and I Like what I've seen, so I Sub'ed today.
Thanks for you Great Idea's you have shown us👍🏼
I'm glad you subbed. Thanks for watching!
Nice vice hacks!
that little flip out door is a neat idea
Now that’s clever
Brilliant tips Colin thanks for sharing 😆😆😆😆😆
You're welcome Alan
I really want to learn how to cut perfect 45° corners with a skillsaw from birch plywood to assemble a box.
Any ideas how to do it without a table saw
I know this is an old comment but you could try making a jig that resembles a speed square. However, it would have the fence pivoted by 90 degrees. Envision a triangle attached to a square shape. You could then clamp it to the plywood and slide the foot of the circular saw along the edge while cutting. This isn't something that I've done before. Though, the idea applies some things I've learned and have used before.
This channel is gold
That flip-out helper may make it's way to my tinker table. Thanks!
The metal vice modular piece is brilliant. Only have to have it up there when you need it.
I just drape shelf lining over my metal worker's vise to get a more gentle grab.
I really like Colin's hints. They are so simple but so useful. I've seen old carpenters working with these kind of simple tricks for lifetimes.
Those are some really good tips...keep'em coming thanks.
Just a thought, but it looks to me like the machinist's vise would be more stable if it was mounted on a board that sat on the workbench top with a tang clamped in the woodworking vise.
Great hacks 👍
Thanks so much, Colin. As always great information and handy tips, and well-explained. I really appreciate the help you give - so sensible and makes the workshop even more fun. Cheers.
I was thinking the same❤
Great tips ❤❤
Always learning something from your videos. Well done. Thank you.
Vice in a vice!
Your mini miter box saw jig could use anti skid material on the bottom of the inside to help those dowels and such not slide around so easily.
Awsome
5:06 Vise-ception!
Good video mate to the point liked the pull out flap, great addition to a bench
In carpentry you are surely knowledgeable but most of all you are a sympathetic and fun teacher to enrich knowledge with your help.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Really like the tip for the vises! Thanks Colin for sharing!!
Really love the tips / tricks videos! Two thumbs up! Any bandsaw tips videos out there?
I'll have some bandsaw tips coming out in the future. Thanks for watching!
I like all of them Colin especially the machinist vice which is always in the way when cutting long timber. Why didn't I ever think of that?
Thanks for watching Joe!
Great tips as usual Colin. Looking forward already to the next batch.
Thanks for watching Kevin
I absolutely love your videos Sir!
Your tips and techniques really help me
I am on a quest and have a goal set for myself
I'm a newbie so to speak into wood working.. I don't know my wood species very well and want to make small keepsake boxes of every Illinois Hardwood and make a showcase to put them in for display with a chunk of end grain beside each one...
Just my own goal... probably silly but gotta have something to keep me entertained and push myself to... not yet sure how I'm going to tackle the hedge wood but I will get some experience under my belt and see how it goes!
Thanks for watching Paul. I'm glad the videos are helping you get into woodworking. I'm sure you'll learn a lot from making all those keepsake boxes.
I'm going to make that hinge *RIGHT NOW*
Thanks
You're welcome. Glad it helped!
Thanks.. always a pleasure seeing a new vid pop up from you!
My pleasure Wayne
I consider myself a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to woodworking hints and tips videos but I must say you show stuff that I haven't thought of before. Excellent video mate.
I used a similar method and your hinged support, but it's just a hole with a sawn of broom handle stuck in it!
I thought you weren't going to stop with the vice trick and end up at ceiling height with a stack of vices! Good stuff.
lol ... I should have kept going with the vice stacking tip. It would have make a great joke! Thanks for watching!
Great tips Colin! I always learn something new from watching your channel......Thanks
You're welcome Steve
I signed up, I wait from you ...
Some very useful ideas. Thanks again
Great ideas thx 4 Sharing
Love your tips and hacks.
Thank You!
Great tips Colin thanks for sharing my friend.
You're welcome!
Thanks again for the handy hints Colin. Cheers from Oz mate.
You're welcome!
excellent video thank you for sharing
You're Welcome Larry
Always enjoy your helpful tips Colin. Thank you...rr
You're welcome Richard
Ma shaa allah ..respect from morocoooooo
Thank you
Would it be an idea to set the hinge thing on the bench at the same hight as the lowest part of the vice? Liked the video.
Hi Charles, yes that is correct ... thats what I did in the video, thanks for this reminder, I need to make sure I detail that info in the future.
Boy oh boy could I ever use a small miter box like that...maybe a new vid on it?
I'll put it on my list Dale.
Thanks Colin!
All good stuff,,many thanks from England ,! 👍
You're Welcome!
Nice vid, enjoyed that mate. Thanks!
You're welcome!
👍👍👍
Excellent tip from down under. 👍🏻
Great to hear from my down-under friends
Thank you for the tips, very helpful.
Love your videos, brilliant tips thank yiu sir.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Good ideas Colin thanks for sharing them.
You're welcome Ron!
All good tips Colin! Thank you.
Love your videos! Keep them coming.
Will do! Thank for watching!
Some great ideas
Thanks Frank
I appreciate your vedeos bud
Thanks Greg
Great tips, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Franisco!
Yeaaa collin! great videooo!
Thanks Andreu!
Thank you for the great tips.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks again Colin, great tips!
Your're welcome Kevin!
Good tips. Thanks.
You're Welcome
Great ideas...thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks you are the man
Thanks for watching!
Great tips.
Thanks
Ty Colin
You're welcome John
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