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Don Dorn
10-13-2013, 8:43 PM
First, let me apologize because I don't know how to get those small pictures that everyone else uses - Photobucket doesn't seem to give me that option. Anyway - this is my Moxon design - I had the BC model and loved it, but it took too much real estate on the bench and had to be removed to start paring. Since I do pins first, I tend to get those done and use them as the template. Very simple, but works well. For those of you who might say there is too much space in the middle, I thought so too, but as it turns out, I've done some 18" panels and it didn't give a bit of flex. The last one is my cheap solution to a bench slave. Not as nice as Frank Klausz's but it works very well.http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mymoxon_zps75842de3.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mymoxon_zps75842de3.jpg.html)http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mymoxon1_zps608424ab.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mymoxon1_zps608424ab.jpg.html)http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mymoxon2_zpsebc3143a.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mymoxon2_zpsebc3143a.jpg.html)http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mymoxon3_zps6559241b.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mymoxon3_zps6559241b.jpg.html)http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mymoxonready_zps2d4baa18.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mymoxonready_zps2d4baa18.jpg.html)http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/djdorn/Mybenchslave_zps26a3a266.jpg (http://s111.photobucket.com/user/djdorn/media/Mybenchslave_zps26a3a266.jpg.html)

Jim Koepke
10-13-2013, 9:13 PM
Interesting work around.

My current method is to use hold fasts in my apron to hold a piece in tandem with the face vise.

For some things I made a fixture that is the same size as the overhang at the tail vise. It attaches to the legs with dowels. Then a couple of speed clamps can hold a piece against the fixture and the top of the bench to be worked.

Finding different ways to hold the work is one of the challenges/fun parts of wood working.

jtk