Hi guys. About 3 years ago, while I was up in Canada visiting my family, my brother in law took me to a Lee Valley store and I picked up a nice large vise (which I took home in my luggage - before the days of excessive baggage fees!)
Anyway, I never installed it on my workbench (mostly because the workbench doesn't have an appropriate overhang), but I'm thinking of building a new bench (following Tom Caspars torsion box design).
The instructions on the vise say that it's best to use a piece of hardwood that has a 2 degree (I think it was 2, maybe it was 6?) angle in it so that the top of the face contacts the workpiece first. (You all know this already). I know one solution is to simply to shim the vise so that the entire vise is at an angle relative to the bench front, but if I want to actually get an angle into the face of a board, how do you do that?
What I wast thinking of doing was using my jointer and setting it's fence to the right angle and planing the EDGE of the board then somehow making a jig or something ... I dunno, how should I do this? (Or should I even bother? I mean .. 2 degrees?)
Thanks guys!
Vince