Bob Smalser
05-08-2004, 1:02 PM
Michael Stadulis emailed me this filing horse plan …
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/2594266/53162634.jpg
and asked how it differed from the one I made from memory of my Uncle’s:
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/2594266/26720397.jpg
Well….the answer is that it appears to be a far superior design to mine, and its construction goes on my rainy day list for sure.
That “lock bar” providing center support should work much better than wedging the jaws as in my design, where I often add a Quick-Grip clamp for more stability.
The scan available isn’t quite complete, but you can see that the near-side jaw is attacked to the lock bar and hinged to accept the saw, the lock bar is rotated into place and the dowel let into slots in the two legs is tapped downward with a mallet to lock the near-side jaw in place.
Dunno why folks buy up old iron saw vises on Ebay instead of fabricating one of these…filing is so much easier out in the bright sunshine with the horse locked into the Workmate at eye level and with no need to unclamp the too-short jaws of most factory vises to move the saw.
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/2594266/53162634.jpg
and asked how it differed from the one I made from memory of my Uncle’s:
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/2594266/26720397.jpg
Well….the answer is that it appears to be a far superior design to mine, and its construction goes on my rainy day list for sure.
That “lock bar” providing center support should work much better than wedging the jaws as in my design, where I often add a Quick-Grip clamp for more stability.
The scan available isn’t quite complete, but you can see that the near-side jaw is attacked to the lock bar and hinged to accept the saw, the lock bar is rotated into place and the dowel let into slots in the two legs is tapped downward with a mallet to lock the near-side jaw in place.
Dunno why folks buy up old iron saw vises on Ebay instead of fabricating one of these…filing is so much easier out in the bright sunshine with the horse locked into the Workmate at eye level and with no need to unclamp the too-short jaws of most factory vises to move the saw.