#26. Tail vise workbench

[@GillisBjork]

Great job repurposing what you have to make what you need! I like the retaining screw and groove in the threaded rod, that was creative. Also the instant glueup technique, I'll have to learn that for sure :p I used to have a similar tailvice and found that it tended to flex downwards, making it push the workpiece up off the bench; if you get the same problem, cutting a small angle on the dog block could help (so the top edge of the block contacts the workpiece first), if you didn't already do that :)

[@WoodfulProjects]

Thanks a lot for watching and for your comment. For now it does not flex downward as the holes for the 2 guides are quite snug fit. But, the more I'll use it, the more it will wear out (wobbly) -> larger holes will surely flex downward. So thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind for when it's needed. As for the angle you cut on the dog block, does it marks your wood piece when you clamp it?

[@GillisBjork]

@@WoodfulProjects Sounds good, I would think if there is no flex now, it should stay good for a long time! Maybe the parts I used were not of great quality. Theoretically, the angle should correspond to the amount of flex, so when force is applied, the entire dog makes contact. But in reality it's of course not easy or practical to always apply the same amount of force, so yeah, sometimes there is marking in the endgrain. For most things I make that's not a problem as the endgrain will usually end up inside a mortise or covered in some other way, but when it will be exposed, I put a scrap of soft spruce between the workpiece and the dog.

[@WoodfulProjects]

@@GillisBjork thanks for sharing your knowledge.