Originally Posted by
Joel Thomas Runyan
How are you liking the Veritas sliding tail vise?
It's a very nice piece of equipment - in the usual Veritas way. Installation instructions were well written. One word of warning: when they say there is no room for error in the positioning of the mounting plate, they mean it! I obsessed for quite a while to make sure it was perfect, but like me, it wasn't quite. So the small gap between the bench and the chuck is ever so slightly tapered (I mean <1/16" over its length), so to my eye, it doesn't look absolutely perfect. Not that this would be a problem in its function, just when you're striving for perfect, that's what you want! The quick release lever is smooth and positive. So far so good.
By the way, what's unique about this bench:
The joints are integrated into the laminations so the inside through tenons are actually dovetailed top-to-bottom.
Likewise the joints between the stretchers and the legs are internally dovetailed. See my post under projects to get progress shots.
Regards
Hans
"There is a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in"