Vice handles/speed knob

[Don Kondra]

Greetings,

I just completed this project for a friend. He has built himself a wing ding workbench in beech and wanted vice handles to match :)

The brass accents where a detail he saw on the Lie Nielsen site. The speed knob is macassar ebony. Missing in the photo are the rubber o-rings. One coat of natural oil so far...

The speed knob is attached with a bolt and insert nut, the knobs are attached with 3/8" dowels. In hindsight they could have been attached with rod and insert nuts also to allow for changing of the o-rings...

BTW, I used double sided tape to sandwich the 1/8" brass bar stock between 1/8" baltic ply before rough cutting the diameters on the scroll saw, then turned them to finished size.

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Cheers, Don

[David E Keller]

Very nice looking handles... I'm sure he's very happy with them as he should be.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Don! Your friend should be thrilled to get these!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking handles. Your friend will be a happy camper.

[John Keeton]

Don, very nice! Getting a consistent diameter is tricky, and you did a fine job here - nice touch with the brass!!

[Don Kondra]

Thank you very much gentlemen for the comments.

I'd be embarrased to show what I put on my bench oh so many years ago :)

Cheers, Don

[Mark Hubl]

Those are beautiful, that is going to be one snappy bench. I like the brass, nice touch.

[Steve Mawson]

That looks to be the perverbial "Top Drawer". Brass really sets it off.