Make a saw vise from scrap-wood.

[@johnford7847]

I've looked at a lot of DIY saw vise plans on-line and I gotta say this one looks very good. No leather straps, no need for auxiliary clamps, can make it high enough to get the saw up where my old eyes (and tired back) won't complain. Nice job, Rex. Thank you.

[@RexKrueger]

I sharpen my saws standing up STRAIGHT. No need for bending or other BS!

[@ikust007]

Rex Krueger I must say it’s one of my favorite :) I am pushing you: make one that do not use a clamp. But a tusk Tenon:)) it would be more ... old Age years :)

[@Myopicvisions]

I love the suggestion of practicing journey on shop projects

[@RexKrueger]

Thank you!

[@MatthewGrant-lv5uh]

Well it took a year but I’ve finally finished this project - and Rex I am absolutely thrilled by it. It works as well as you say and glad I came back to the video a year later to see why you put that shallow hole to catch the clamp. I couldn’t bring myself to leave those dovetails raised above the surface. With them all planed flush it looks even better, albeit may be a bit weaker. Next up - cleaning up and sharpening those saws I’ve been buying since starting this - and great to see you have a vide for that too. Keep at it Rex - you’ve taught me more than anyone else and inspired me your plans too.

[@Aminuts2009]

While I understand the ease and convenience of buying by mail, I just got a bunch of blacksmithing tools by mail. I get my hardware from a local industrial hardware store. I have it that day and i don't have to wait. I am really enjoying your content and plan to use your instruction to work on my projects for home. I was a rough carpenter and floor guy for most of my adult life. Now retired, but still needing to work with my hands.

[@GrantHendrick]

Great video. Thank you. I would love to see more tool restoration and how to make shop aids like saw vices.

[@bamabry]

I did some sharpening on an old saw a few weeks ago. This would definitely make it much easier!

[@RexKrueger]

You can build this! It really does make sharpening easier.

[@christianstamm608]

Hey Rex! I watched this Video when it came out an it took me 4 years to build up the skills and courage to build myself my own saw vise. It turned out ugly af but it works and I'm mighty proud of it. You are truly an inspiration. Thank you!

[@danielpastrana7361]

i just realized how this would also work well with card scrapers!

[@Elderos5]

Some years ago I built a low fence around my garden to keep the dogs out of it. Just to practice, I hand cut half laps and some dovetails into my fence rail. What can I say, I had the time and wanted to do wood working.

[@jennessalynam7682]

I found a few saw vises for sale on Ebay but I don't have the money to buy one. So, I'm super excited and can't wait to make this saw vise. Thank you so much for your help.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome Saw Vise !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the knowledge on how to build one of these vises , Rex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RexKrueger]

Glad you liked it!

[@lordrichard8184]

Thats a great tip. Practice your new joints/techniques on shop projects. I always try to do that whenever I can. It’s amazing how many times I thought something was going to be super tricky and a hassle only to try it on a shop project like. Wow that was easier then I thought

[@ryandavis7593]

I liked every one of your commenters because I enjoyed this video so much. Yes I am going to build this at some point in the near future. Thank you for demystifying wood working. One of your commenters suggested utilizing a wedge design that would would be a really cool feature. It would be a budget benefit as well. A dollar saved......... Please keep up the great work.

[@matthewcarpenter4716]

LOVE IT! Finally broke down and got a cheap "Japanese Pull Saw" at Harbor Fright. I have to say, for a cheap saw it does rather well. A bit thicker than I think it should be. But, it definitely does the job it was designed for. I find myself grabbing it whenever I need to cut just to see how the process works for me. I can honestly say that I will be on the lookout for a good one.

[@RexKrueger]

Man, every time you comment, you add something constructive!

[@matthewcarpenter4716]

@@RexKrueger LMAO! Constructive! on a build it channel. You crack me up Rex. Hope you and the family are well considering what we are all having to endure.

[@oystercovecraftsman9219]

Check out the gyokucho ryoba saws. Reasonably priced and a joy to use. 👍

[@skiphayes1795]

Hi Rex. Yet again you have given me a better idea on a project I'm working on. It's an outdoor coffee table for under my favorite tree. I was planning on using just a half lap for the long stretcher. Now I'll use a dovetail half-lap. Thanks very much. love your stuff and have been a patron of yours for a while.

[@RexKrueger]

I did EXACTLY that for a wooden workout bench for my wife. Over a year old and still strong as hell!

[@michaelsnell4034]

As I commented to James Wright yesterday, I need one of these now. While at Goodwill yesterday, I came upon a folded steel back backsaw. 28 inches long and 6 inches to the back. It has 2 screws missing from the handle and needs a sharpen. it has those teeth that look like a hardpoint saw, but a triangular file cuts. There is a thing on the back in front of the handle that is either for a second handle or a stop for a metal miter box.

[@gumtreeterry9904]

Great idea buddy, love the toggle clamp. Thanks for doing this. Terry

[@noisepuppet]

Thanks for letting us learn from your mistakes!

[@tonyennis3008]

Great build. I appreciate that you took the opportunity to make it a training project.

[@RexKrueger]

Glad you liked it!

[@MrSierraBravo]

Yes, back to the basics, that´s the way I like it, thumb up!

[@allenwc]

I've been drilling my countersink holes in the wrong order for 40 years :O I've added this to my immediate shop projects list!

[@RexKrueger]

I did it wrong for YEARS. Never too late to change.

[@heartsparkdollar]

Rex, That is a beautiful piece of work.

[@ramingr]

Damn, dude! Now I'm really looking forward to the tenon saw shootout :) Great project, Rex! Once again, thanks for the great content. I'm happy to be a patreon and I would like to encourage more people to join!

[@RexKrueger]

Thanks for making it all possible!

[@jdenslinger]

I've been watching all of your videos over the last week. Today, I descided I would subscribe to your Patreon... and wouldn't ya know it, they're having issues left and right. BUT! I think I finally managed to get it all set and done! I have learned so much from your videos and you have really reignited my interest for wood crafts! This has also been a bit of a trip down memory lane, as when I was a kid, my dad did a LOT of this. It's been so long and have forgotten most of what he taught me. So, Thank you for everything Rex!

[@raydeftereos]

This is a fantastic design. I really like the subtlety of the toggle clamp stopper hole. Really clever

[@RexKrueger]

Thank you, Ray! Cheers!

[@andrewcannon9085]

On the topic of old tools, I would really like to see your take on the Yankee screwdriver. I have a small collection of them and they're very useful for driving and removing screws quickly

[@arkansasboy45]

Great information. Thanks Rex!

[@RickBoat]

Ha. It wasn't that long ago that you said "I have never cut a dovetail."

[@RexKrueger]

Just goes to show you that everything in this game comes down to practice. You put in the work, you get the skills. Period.

[@BensWorkshop]

@@RexKrueger Yes. Practice makes perfect.

[@lebensschueler]

Thats the wonderful thing about this channel! Someone that shows how he tries and gets better every video. It gives me so much motivation. Built a work bench because his video was so down to earth and good to understand! So thank you a lot! :)

[@swimrski]

@@BensWorkshop Practice makes better. Nobody's perfect!

[@FelixGuitarCovers316]

Tenon saw shoot-out? I'm excited! I ordered a Spear & Jackson recommended by Paul Sellers, and it works really well. Maybe that's one to include :)

[@djpenton779]

Mine is a Veritas, Works great; reasonable price.

[@RexKrueger]

Gents: BOTH of those will be in the shoot-out!!!

[@martynspeck]

Looking forward to your tenon saw video.

[@RexKrueger]

You and me both!

[@biekgiek]

Great design ideas; I laughed out loud when you mentioned your mistakes. Thanks!

[@benm5913]

That's awesome! Mine is waaaaay more crude. Basically a slightly upgraded two pieces of wood method with 30 degree lines drawn on it for visual assistance.

[@RexKrueger]

Nothing wrong with that. This one is more complex than necessary!

[@guysmith8662]

This is one I think I could make. Excellent selection and execution of the Dovetail joinery. Love your design!

[@johncaulfield8621]

I like this design so I went and purchased the plans. Thanks man.

[@gamingscientist7445]

This vice has many more applications that just for saw blades. I could see this vice adapted for leatherworking, metalworking, and fine-woodworking projects too!

[@RexKrueger]

I think it would work for leather!

[@mikeking7470]

Good build, not sure why the KZbin AI keeps recommending videos I already watched but I learned something new watching this again.

[@RexKrueger]

It does the same thing to me. I've stopped questioning our robot overlords.

[@traumerinfreierwildbahn1136]

Nice projekt rex. Now i'm hyped to build one. Thanks to you i now have a justification for using lumber that was planned as over priced firewood^^

[@groermaik]

Rex, you explain things so well, it makes me wish you were around when I was buying tools for me shop. I think I'd only own about half of them. Thank you.

[@ikust007]

Excellent . You are more and more fantastic!

[@mikecurtin9831]

Ever since I saw Roy Underhill use one of these, I've wanted one. It never occurred to me to make my own out of wood. Nice job, thank you, and thumbs up to crush a troll.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Good design!

[@OORAH659]

Thanks Rex for showing us the rexSawHolder ... could I cut short the screw on the holder. Thank you Rex ...OORAH!!

[@michalzaskovsky3125]

Thx for this Rex nice to see you reading the comments ;-)

[@RexKrueger]

I try!

[@ferd.6779]

Well that's a very nice and useable piece to work with for decades! good job! like the vids too!!

[@RexKrueger]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mrzif0013]

this is a good find for me, good job!

[@andypaddon690]

Well - I've made the Lie Nielsen one - and having watched this video, I'm defo going to make this one. It looks like it overcomes several of the 'flaws' in the LN design= specifically gripping and moving the saw. Impressive work as ever Rex :-)

[@RexKrueger]

That's so nice to hear! I think the LN is very good in it's simplicity!

[@PaulJSchneider]

I haven't sharpened my own saws yet but I can't help but want to build this vise.

[@RexKrueger]

You can totally do it. It wasn't quick, but it wasn't difficult.

[@KeredAglo]

If I didn't already have a saw vise I'd build this... Heck, I might build one anyway...

[@johnkelley9877]

That is an excellent project! The vise looks great. Thanks for sharing this.

[@LegoMan-cz4mn]

DOVETAILS!!! HAPPY

[@theidlehandsworkshop3884]

Love it and so sorry I missed the premier... first day back at work after my quarantine but this was so nice to come home to !!!!

[@RexKrueger]

Glad you're out of quarantine.

[@craiglomax9913]

You could also add lines across the vice as guides for your filing angles

[@RexKrueger]

I plan to!

[@karlsefni01]

That’s a really great project

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Thanks for sharing that

[@RexKrueger]

My pleasure!!

[@MCsCreations]

Really fantastic work, Rex! 😃 Those joints would be beautiful for outside furniture! I think about making chairs and benches for the balcony and I guess I'm going to do it this way! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! And stay safe, everybody! 🖖😊

[@RexKrueger]

That's a great idea!

[@spiffmark]

Fantastic video Rex! Thank you so much. Will you please make a video on how to select a hatchet for woodworking?

[@georgesweap7]

Thanks, nice build! Great design! I like to copy, something like yours, but with bar clamps to attach to my bench. The toggle clamp is a nice touch! 👍👍👍💖

[@RexKrueger]

Cool, thanks

[@KeredAglo]

Thank you Rex for doing the footwork and research for those beginning in woodworking. I've done a ton of research and this would have been great when I started...

[@RexKrueger]

Glad to help

[@JackCliffordWilliams]

YES, REX MY MAN!

[@andreahall8378]

I just found your series yesterday, and I'm already hooked. I'm limited in my woodworking efforts, but maybe as I catch up on the videos theres some cheaper alternatives. I'll definitely be building one of your $30 work benches though I imagine the cost is more like $50 post covid. By the way, I love your first name the same as my favorite uncle. Ohhh, I was just trying to decide which video to watch next and was hoping you have a list of what order would be best for newbs to your channel and woodworking ... like me! ?

[@gordonadams5891]

Can you make a video showing how to make a wedge vice?

[@RexKrueger]

Honestly, I'm really happy with my leg vise and for what it costs, I think people should build that one.

[@robertmcclenning5696]

I made a saw vise a while back based off of other videos I watched. It turned out like crap. I have a lower bench since i do a lot of hand planing and I wanted something to raise my saws up. I will have to give this one a try.

[@AaronTWas]

I made a saw vise like the one that you described in the beginning, a full 30” wide to hold a full-sized handsaw without having to move it. It uses a pear of f-clamps in the middle to tighten it. The problem is the loss of clamping force on those lateral ends. Really great in the middle, almost nothing on the ends. I use spring clamps to add tightness to those ends, but I wonder if adding more of a hollow to the middle would allow me to only use the f-clamps. Thank you for another great video!

[@AaronTWas]

Lol pair not pear

[@upsidedowndog1256]

That is a really cool tool! As the New Jersey governor said about the Constitution, "That's above my pay grade"!

[@StevieD1]

Oh God, he did say that We are doomed

[@pnwRC.]

Fantastic DIY project. I LOVE ❤ it!

[@RexKrueger]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@gregzoller9003]

This is super cool…but I wonder if all you have is smaller saws like that backsaw if you wouldn’t be better building/using a simple moxon vice, which also has other, non-saw uses. If you have lsrger saws you’d still need the saw vice.

[@zacdredge3859]

Thanks for the video Rex. ANy chance you'll do a video comparing the uses and strengths of the main types of vices used in woodworking? Would be good content IMO. :)

[@mathquir190]

Is these saw vices are just used to sharpen the saws ? I don'T see other utility to that outside of possibly vice it turn it around and saw with the vice on to be sure to not cut too far. Sry. just felt on bunch of wood saw vice builts so... was asking myself if there's other use than just sharpening saws.

[@trevorminton6084]

Hey Rex, I understand you're probably very busy working on new and interesting projects. I was wondering if you are still working on the no. 4 plane shootout. Keep up the great work regardless!

[@RexKrueger]

Yes I am! It's just harder and more complicated than I thought it would be.

[@stevesteves8915]

Hey, Rex, you must be psychic! I was just playing with dovetail half-laps today! (I used it to make a push stick for the table saw). Never thought of using them before, but they seem to work really well. That looks like a very superior saw vise. Do you think that toggle clamp idea would work for, say, a moxon / bench vise - might be handy for making dovetails...

[@Hbp-rr8ci]

Maybe you can make from hinge with stood in the midleside..but that good work men.

[@rayflowers9097]

Hey Rex a lot of people have curved/bowed handsaws and don’t even know it make a PSA to get them to look and see if they do. That being said, for those people you should learn how to straighten one and show the people.

[@tonyennis3008]

I think I have one with a kink in it, but I don't know what to do about it.

[@amezcuaist]

Rex I`m trying to find a toggle clamp as big as 120 mm . Is there a number or code for the right one? The pdf only shows the wood measurement nearby. Thanks for the diagrams .

[@RexKrueger]

I think I linked to one in the description.

[@amezcuaist]

@@RexKrueger Thanks Rex I found the right size eventually . I can`t remember seeing these toggle clamps before. There are so many tiny ones too . I tried to avoid a Chinese one for the delay but caved in and will have to wait till it comes .

[@Anglesandacid]

I have an old Diston saw vise that I bought online but the casting is so bent I can’t even get the saw into the jaws without prying them apart with a shim. Completely useless as it has zero grip in the centre of the jaws, so I’m in desperate need of one of these. I have the skills to reverse engineer the construction of this project but because I’m a long time fan of your work I bought the plans off your store anyway :) love your work Rex!

[@n3rdcore211]

Magic the Gathering - My man.

[@gnatlywings9088]

That board-mounted sharpening tool you made to clamp into a leg vise reminded me of the various hardy-hole tools that can be mounted into the hardy-hole of an anvil, like Torbjorn uses. Are there any other such woodworking tools that could be 'modular' like that? IE, little handy things, mounted on boards, that you swap into the leg vice as you need them? I've seen Pask Makes do some of that kind of stuff, and I've always wondered.

[@RexKrueger]

You make a good point about hardy tools; they are very modular. I think jigs in general are swapable in that way, although more in the power-tool world. I've made more table-saw jigs than I care to think about.

[@JosephBreuer]

I wonder if you could do the same thing with your jigs and tools with the dog hole drill outs in the top of your work bench. Then you don't need a vise specifically to use those tools.

[@oliverclothesoff5397]

Your intro almost blew my eardrums out. Very squeeky. But great content! I'm making my own wood vice now! Thanks for your awesome videos homie!! Much appreciated!

[@BensWorkshop]

Interesting project. My saw vice is a bit of 1" x 1" with a hole drilled a saw cut to the hole. Goes in my vice. I might get tempted to build something nicer... at some point.

[@kassiog.6595]

And here i am thinking of using just 2 boards and a c clamp to hold my saw

[@RexKrueger]

That will work just fine.

[@amyllari5274]

Oh yeah I totally need to make a special vice for my vintage saw. That I dont have and can't afford.

[@clasdauskas]

The vintage saw that you buy, along with a bunch of other rusty things, from someone clearing out old 'rubbish' for next to nothing ...

[@sabitonalang2231]

hete in phil we used grinder for mch eassier precise saw blade sharpening its just took 10mnts and pricise too

[@bigguy2671]

Random question Rex: I have the ability to be a patreon, but is there a way I could donate a lump sum instead of having it come out monthly? Like drop 20$ and be a patron for 10 months?

[@RexKrueger]

No, I'm sorry. They only do monthly.

[@danieldurbin6138]

If you're still doing dovetails then there is a easy magnetic dovetail jig that you can make with scraps and a magnet. Adrian preda has a video to make one but he got the idea from David Barron.

[@oliverdelica2289]

Can you tell us about the moon vise on the background of the intro?

[@Musicpins]

Damn you have nice scraps haha

[@thomaslthomas1506]

Rex you probably can sharpen that dozuki saw even though the blade is disposable the teeth usually are not impulse hardened on them I have a saw just about like that one I have been sharpening for over 25 years so it can be done.

[@disco_falcon1895]

Hey Rex, at 8:45 you show the arms that connect the two jaws. Wouldn't it make sense to turn the dovetails the other way? I mean, the way you have them they won't resist pulling out of the back board, only from spreading horizontally. Am I misunderstanding the direction of the forces on that arm? It seems like the clamping forces would tend to pull those arms outward, and the way you have the dovetail doesn't seem to me help with that any more than a square half-lap.

[@RexKrueger]

I'm not an engineer, so take my answer for what it's worth: the toggle clamp pushes in on the cross-piece and that wants to force the arms out, so the wedging action of the arms resists that. I *think* I designed it to resist the strongest force.

[@setikites]

Those arms are being compressed by the clamp. The block the clamp is on is what is in tension. If you wanted to reinforce the clamp block attachment, you might add a wedged tenon where it attaches to the jaw.

[@mittenswoodworksmilling9910]

I had the same though Ethan. I felt like turning the dovetail in the white oak the other way would resist the outward pulling force of the lever arm. Since the toggle clamp is pushing in at the top it puts outward pressure at the lever arm where the bolt is. Great build Rex! Always fun to solve everyday problems with stuff that is just taking up space in the shop.

[@colinmartin9797]

Another project that ebay has for cheap, lol. Decent to good cast iron ones cost like 8-20 bucks. I like making my own stuff but vintage cast iron is soooooooooo pretty.

[@shakes00lude]

Rex, let's build a soda can crusher!

[@jamesgilbertt4640]

Do you think it would be strong enough to hold a chainsaw

[@RexKrueger]

Nope!

[@ronmichaelsen3983]

Great video, but that dart board... you really need a nice bristle board and some real darts! I’ll still stay subscribed. Stay well.

[@RexKrueger]

You know, I trash-picked that thing and I've never even thrown a dart at it!

[@ronmichaelsen3983]

That’s funny! Keep up the good work.

[@pleappleappleap]

Could you not have used your ryoba for that cheek cut?

[@martinseelig585]

don't throw away the old blade of your dozuki, they make excellent stock for card scrapers.

[@RichardGloryhammer]

Yea that clamp is $50 at Lee Valley rip

[@eliasloacker4161]

Paul Sellers made a much easier and good one too.

[@weedeater64]

5:25 "it's relying on the glue, so it's crap" But you forgot the propaganda Rex!! "MUH GLUE IS STRONGER THAN THE WOOD"

[@fliplucky8813]

Hey Rex, I wonder There is a youtube channel ( not mine) names Ohyo56 he makes a lot of great diy tools, like bench clamps, center finders, pipe clamps, you name it. But he uses power tools for it. is is possible that you could make some for the Woodworking for humans series? To be honest, I think diy pipe clamps would be amazing, versatile, you dont need 10 different clamps just for size, but a stack of pipes, and some pipe clamps to attach to them Thanks!

[@RexKrueger]

I'm working on it, for real, but it's a tall order!

[@ryandavis7593]

Right from the start KZbin spammed me with a five minute health food commercial. Please help me tell Susan Wojcicki that we don’t want long commercials. Go to KZbin feedback to her how we feel. Use #susantheyoutubespammer. After all the money generated by these long commercials isn’t going to the content creators.

[@TBL_stevennelson]

I looked and there no comments for that hashtag

[@hosscartwright2585]

Rex Krueger MD

[@RexKrueger]

Actually, PhD. (Really.)

[@oscar38]

They're not common, or cheap here in the UK ☹

[@soledude]

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