Saw Vise pics.

[Tony Shea]

I am in the process of trying to come up with a saw vise design. I just can't seem to come across a decent used old Disston or something similar and decided a shop-made wooden vise would work for my needs. A thread started earlier gave me the idea to ask about pictures of your saw vise in order to grab a few ideas with what works and what doesn't. I would love to see what others have created for vises to sharpen their saws with and wouldn't mind seeing some old Disston's or similar factory vises.

[Jim Koepke]

I am a little confused on what you are looking for.

By using the search function and a few minutes of investigation, these were found among the many others that have been posted in the past.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=8198

http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/wwsawvice.html

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=71888

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=9182

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=66522

That should get you started if you are thinking of making your own saw vice.

My first one was just a couple pieces of wood that would hold the saw plate in one of my bench vises.

My second one came from ebay and works, but is a piece of junk compared to the one found laying on the floor of an antique shop that set me back less than $20.

jim

[Andrew Gibson]

Here is a link to the thread I started when I built mine.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=136413

[Robert Rozaieski]

Here's one I made.
http://logancabinetshoppe.weebly.com/1/post/2009/03/a-new-saw-vise.html

Here's one with a slight improvement over mine.
http://www.woodnbits.com/blog/2010/07/a-new-vise-because-of-my-vice/

The rear support brackets on Larry's vise provide a little more support to keep the uprights from flexing. I think it's a good addition, as I do get a little flex in mine when filing larger saw teeth. Another worthwhile addition would be to line the jaws with a thinn leather to lessen any vibration.

[Steve Branam]

Tom Lie-Nielsen shows a dead-simple saw vise that mounts in the bench vise about 3 and half minutes into this video on sharpening a ripsaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orPgaoF31ZQ

He continues using it for crosscut sharpening in part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flJMdpkcn5s

Small, portable, and easily made.