Edge Vise

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Allen
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Edge Vise

Post by Allen » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:53 pm

I saw some pictures a little bit ago of a home made edge vise, and decided that it was time I built one.....especially after looking at the price of some commercial models. And this one is sized for ukuleles in mind.

Built from some bits and pieces I had lying about. The template I cut on the laser, and had thought about screwing in place, but it turned out to be a press fit, and doesn't really need anything more. At least for the time being.

Took a little bit to work out the size of the offsets to make the end graft fit with and without purflings. The curves in my design make this a lot more difficult than just straight tapers. Last image is just a dry fit to test everything out in a bit of scrap.
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Re: Edge Vise

Post by simso » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:40 pm

They are an invaluable tool

Nicely made, I bought mine :(

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