Jim Koepke
11-03-2014, 7:10 PM
This was on "The Woodwright's Shop" and looked like a useful addition to my bench dogs and other bench furniture. They were in an old book for young mechanics from around the early 1900s.
Roy Underhill was demonstrating different methods of holding work without a vise.
Not sure what this is called, my name for it is the 'Board Claw.'
This shows the interlocking fingers:
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This is a top view:
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The dowels are not glued in place, at least not at this time. In the version shown on the program Roy Underhill attached them to a board with screws.
This one is about 9" long and opens to hold a piece a bit larger than 2".
Pressure against the fingers pushes the cams in to the work, thus holding it secure.
It can also close down to hold something almost as thin as paper.
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Holding uneven pieces is not a problem:
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On the program they were built from 8/4 stock. Mine are made from 4/4 since that was the scrap on hand.
My vises do not face any likelihood of being abandoned at this point. This is a neat way to hold a stock for edge joining on top of the bench. It can be used with curved work or repeating a lot of pieces instead of opening and closing it in a vise.
jtk
Roy Underhill was demonstrating different methods of holding work without a vise.
Not sure what this is called, my name for it is the 'Board Claw.'
This shows the interlocking fingers:
299461
This is a top view:
299460
The dowels are not glued in place, at least not at this time. In the version shown on the program Roy Underhill attached them to a board with screws.
This one is about 9" long and opens to hold a piece a bit larger than 2".
Pressure against the fingers pushes the cams in to the work, thus holding it secure.
It can also close down to hold something almost as thin as paper.
299462
Holding uneven pieces is not a problem:
299463
On the program they were built from 8/4 stock. Mine are made from 4/4 since that was the scrap on hand.
My vises do not face any likelihood of being abandoned at this point. This is a neat way to hold a stock for edge joining on top of the bench. It can be used with curved work or repeating a lot of pieces instead of opening and closing it in a vise.
jtk