Thomas Knighton
02-10-2008, 8:21 PM
I was going to keep this to myself, but figured I should share it just the same. Here is my first saw vise. Not only that, but it's my first woodworking project, and it shows unfortunately. I based this on a saw vise I saw on the Norse Woodsmith page. It looked pretty straight forward so I figured "what the heck" and put saw to wood.
Unfortunately, many electrons were sacrificed on this project, because all my neander saws were dull (no saw vise to sharpen them in after all) and my hand drills should be on the way.
This was a definitely learning experience. First, I slipped back into old habits of trying to rush the job and not take my time and do things right.
Luckily a good low angle adjustable throat block plane evened up the jaws of the vise nicely. Man I love using hand planes!
The legs are pine and the jaws are red oak. It was fairly fun to build, until I goofed anyways ;)
So, here it is.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise006.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise002.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise001.jpg
Unfortunately, many electrons were sacrificed on this project, because all my neander saws were dull (no saw vise to sharpen them in after all) and my hand drills should be on the way.
This was a definitely learning experience. First, I slipped back into old habits of trying to rush the job and not take my time and do things right.
Luckily a good low angle adjustable throat block plane evened up the jaws of the vise nicely. Man I love using hand planes!
The legs are pine and the jaws are red oak. It was fairly fun to build, until I goofed anyways ;)
So, here it is.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise006.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise002.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/tomcat1066/Saw%20Vise/SawVise001.jpg