We’ve heard the story of how the Moxon vise was resurrected by Christopher Schwarz; seen a modern-day version created by Benchcrafted; and watched David Barron hack his for greater efficiency.
In this video, engineer Paul Marcel shows you how to actually build one from the Benchcrafted kit. And not only that, he shows you why he deviates from the assembly instructions to introduce more functionality, and reveals a couple of clever modifications and a jig he’s made to speed his workflow.
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Because this video is long, we’ve cued it up into sections for you, so you can skip to the parts you’re interested in:
Introducing the Vise
[40 seconds long]
The Original Design’s Intended Usage
[1 minute long]
Revealing the Benchcrafted Kit’s Contents
[2 minutes long]
Building the Vise: Materials You’ll Need
[47 seconds long]
The Actual Build
(with Paul Marcel’s modifications)
[7 minutes long]
Demonstrating its Basic Use
[2.5 minutes long]
Demonstration of Modification 1
(Why he made it assymetrical with the extra long right side)
[50 seconds long]
Demonstrating a Clever Jig
[2 minutes long]
Demonstration of Modification 2
(Why he cut V-grooves into the chops)
[1 minute long]
A Closing Joke
[30 seconds long]
As with the David Barron modifications, I’m digging Paul Marcel’s industrial-designer-like careful consideration of how he will actually use the vise and designing for that specifically. And little details, like the way he thinks ahead and future-proofs it with the extra mortise in the chops.
Lastly, please note that this video was made several years ago, when Benchcrafted was still selling the kit with suede rather than Crubber.
Source: core77