Jacob Reverb
04-11-2008, 6:01 PM
I have a Record 52-1/2 (http://www.amazon.com/Record-52-1-2ED-Release-Woodworkers/dp/B0000223R5) woodworking vise I bought years ago that I'm finally getting around to mounting on a workbench, but I'm not sure where on the bench to mount it.
My workbench is 34" x 80" and made from an old yellow pine farmhouse door. On top of the door I added a piece of 3/4" Advantech flooring stuff, and I stiffened the whole thing up by gluing, clamping and gunning 1" strips all around and in a sort of honeycomb between the door and the Advantech to make it into a kind of torsion box.
What I plan to do is make some cabinets with shelves underneath the bench top to store hand tools like drills, circ saws, sanders, etc., etc., and then attach the bench top to the cabinets.
I want to have a work area (other than the top of my contractor's saw) where I can do assembly and clamp down tabletops for hand-planing, etc., so I'm thinking the bench needs to be heavy so I'm not pushing it all over the place when I do hand planing, so having the cabinets and tools underneath will help to give it mass.
The bench will be centrally located in my shop (basically in back of my table saw where it will do double-duty as an outfeed table), and accessible from all 4 sides, with its long axis parallel to the table saw blade.
I'm thinking I should mount the vise with its screw parallel to the long axis of the workbench to allow for clamping large objects (with bench dogs), but I'm unsure whether to mount it on the end of the bench near the saw or the other end, and whether it should be on the right, on the left, or centered when I face it (I'm right-handed).
I would love to hear any thoughts you all have on this subject.
Thank you.
Jacob.
My workbench is 34" x 80" and made from an old yellow pine farmhouse door. On top of the door I added a piece of 3/4" Advantech flooring stuff, and I stiffened the whole thing up by gluing, clamping and gunning 1" strips all around and in a sort of honeycomb between the door and the Advantech to make it into a kind of torsion box.
What I plan to do is make some cabinets with shelves underneath the bench top to store hand tools like drills, circ saws, sanders, etc., etc., and then attach the bench top to the cabinets.
I want to have a work area (other than the top of my contractor's saw) where I can do assembly and clamp down tabletops for hand-planing, etc., so I'm thinking the bench needs to be heavy so I'm not pushing it all over the place when I do hand planing, so having the cabinets and tools underneath will help to give it mass.
The bench will be centrally located in my shop (basically in back of my table saw where it will do double-duty as an outfeed table), and accessible from all 4 sides, with its long axis parallel to the table saw blade.
I'm thinking I should mount the vise with its screw parallel to the long axis of the workbench to allow for clamping large objects (with bench dogs), but I'm unsure whether to mount it on the end of the bench near the saw or the other end, and whether it should be on the right, on the left, or centered when I face it (I'm right-handed).
I would love to hear any thoughts you all have on this subject.
Thank you.
Jacob.