One of the main tools in any workshop is a vice. At first glance, this is a fairly simple tool, but in fact, with the help of a vice you can produce quite a large number of operations. There are a huge number of varieties: carpentry, metalwork, chair, cross. It happens that the vice may become unusable. In this case, you can make a vice yourself.

In any carpentry workshop you can see a vice. It is often necessary to clamp parts in order to turn them or simply glue them together. These tasks can be handled homemade vice, which can be made with your own hands, and the price of such a product will be quite low. Often the jaws of a vice are made of soft wood to avoid damage to the part being clamped.

For convenience, the vice can be screwed to the workbench. In the fixed part it is necessary to secure a furniture nut into which a pin will be screwed, which, in turn, will move movable mechanism. It is necessary to firmly attach the washer to the movable jaw, and attach the knob itself to the handle. As for the tips for the sponges, they can be made from pieces of plywood.

If you need to assemble a carpenter's vice with your own hands, then this option is considered optimal.

First, you need to mark all the parts, then cut out three identical bars (the longer the length of the bar, the more dimensionally you can clamp the product). The bed can be made from a thick board or from 3 pieces of plywood. Drill two vertical holes in two fixed bars. Drill a hole in one of the bars for a pin, which will act as a clamping mechanism. The next step is to install the nut into the beam.

At the end of the stud you need to weld a small rectangular patch and drill 4 holes in it for fastening. After this, screw the pin into the fixed jaw and screw its end to the movable jaw, and the structure itself to the workbench.

These vices are also called Moxon vices or bench vices; they cope quite successfully with clamping large boards, plywood, various panels. The advantage of this type is that they do not take up small area in the workshop, and they are made of wood.

You need to select the dimensions yourself; you can make a carpenter's vice for a workbench with your own hands using a minimum of tools and material.

The design looks like this:

For production you will need two studs, four nuts, three boards. After the boards are prepared and cut to size, it is necessary to drill two holes in the fixed and moving parts. Then in the stationary part in drilled holes insert the nuts, having previously lubricated them with glue on both sides. A small nuance: the holes in the fixed part should be slightly smaller in diameter than the nuts themselves, in order to prevent the nut from twisting in the hole. First, the studs need to be welded to the knob for convenience or to make wooden handle. The bed for the fixed part can be made in the form of a step. Screw the finished structure to the workbench with self-tapping screws or bolts.

If you often work with metal, then for these tasks you need a strong metal vice that you can make yourself.

In order to assemble a bench vise with your own hands, you need the following tools:

• Welding machine.
• Electric drill.
• Grinder with a grinding wheel.
• Square to maintain the required angles.
• Drills of various diameters.

In addition to the tool, you will need:

• Steel channel with a diameter of 6 mm.
• Sheet metal 5-6 mm thick, more possible.
• Corner 70 by 70 or 50 by 50.
• Twenty bolts and nuts.

If there is a pin with a diameter of 16 mm, then you can use it as a clamping screw that will move the moving part. The two nuts into which the screw will be screwed are quite difficult to make yourself, and besides, the remaining parts are quite non-standard and quite difficult to find, so it makes sense to turn to a turner.

Then weld the nut to the channel, this must be done coaxially.

The ends of the channel must be closed using a piece sheet metal and cut a hole in the strip for the screw.

Use a grinder to cut out two corners and a plate. Place the corners against the channel on both sides and cover the top with a piece of sheet metal. The result will be a kind of U-shaped design.

The frame can be cut out of 7-10 mm metal and four holes can be drilled on each side, as well as 6 holes in the U-shape.

Weld one nut to the frame, and weld two metal stoppers on the sides of the nut.

From steel you need to cut blanks for two jaws, movable and fixed. A stationary workpiece can be welded immediately.

Then weld the second workpiece onto the moving part. On the sponges themselves you need to make some kind of heels from thick metal. They can be welded or bolted.

If desired, you can reinforce the jaws on both sides with corner gussets made of thick metal.

These vices are no worse than purchased ones, and the material costs required are minimal. Using this principle, you can make another version of yews from a hand jack. Ready product Can be painted to give an aesthetic appearance.

Anyone who uses a drilling machine probably knows how difficult it is to drill and at the same time hold a workpiece, which tends to spin or fly off and injure the master. As a rule, in old machines there is no vice on the bed, which brings certain inconvenience. For more comfortable work, you can purchase a tool, or you can make a vice for drilling machine with your own hands.

For machine vices you will need:

• Corner 30 by 30.
• Threaded stud.
• Nuts for the stud.
• Small bearing.
• If desired, the product can be painted.

The drawing looks like this:

First you need to saw off two corners. The size is selected depending on the dimensions of the drilling machine bed. Using a grinder, cut out two jaws from thick metal and make markings. Drill holes in them to attach the jaws to the base.

Take a piece of angle iron and drill a hole for the pin. You can immediately weld the bearing, as shown in the figure.

Opposite the mount with the bearing, weld a similar corner and drill a hole for the shaft.

Opposite the mount where the bearing is located, three nuts must be welded.

To make it convenient to twist the stud, you can weld a nut to its beginning and insert a knob into it. Homemade vices for a drilling machine are in no way inferior in design and quality to factory ones and are several times cheaper.

Most anglers prefer homemade fly tying vices to commercial ones. The device itself has quite simple design, which allows you to make them in a short time and without special tools at home. The most difficult step in making a vice is the jaws themselves. They are made from steel bars rectangular shape. Two holes are drilled in the finished jaws for fastening to the yew and one for the adjusting screw. The holes need to be threaded (M6) with a tap.

The yew support can be made from a T-shaped or L-shaped steel rod. Sponges are welded to the end of one of the workpieces. The rod must be welded to the support, and if you need to make the support adjustable, then a piece of edged pipe is welded to the workpiece, the diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the workpiece. It is recommended to make the length of the support about 20-50 cm high for more comfortable work.

If the vice has become unusable and there is no way to repair it, then you should not immediately buy new ones, but try to make it yourself. Such a tool will serve for quite a long time and will cost several times less.

Bench vices are necessary equipment in the workshop of any man, without whom it is difficult to do in one form or another of work.

It is not at all necessary to place them in the garage; you can set up a corner for a vice at home, for example, using a table or an ordinary stool.

Why do you need a bench vise?

When processing or sharpening any part, it is necessary to fix it firmly and reliably, that is, to hold it in a certain position. The photo of the vice shows the operating principle of this equipment.

The parameters and dimensions of the vice are determined depending on what type of tool needs to be firmly held.

The design of a carpenter's vice includes:

• chassis screw;
• handle;
• movable and fixed sponge;
• base plate.

Main types of bench vices

Before making a vice with your own hands, you need to decide on the choice of work associated with it.

All types of vices are divided into two types:

• non-rotating ones have a simpler design and are easiest to make yourself. The part is fixed strictly in one position.
• Rotary vices are most often adapted for drilling on a machine. During operation, it is possible to rotate the workpiece without unclenching it.

The material of the vice body is most often made of durable cast iron. It is important to know that cast iron is not intended to be exposed to high temperatures, steel metal is suitable for these purposes.

If the work will be carried out with small-sized parts, you should not increase financial costs and make compact small vices.

A small vice with a ball joint base is useful on the farm for processing very small parts that can be secured individually. These are mini-vises with suction cups, mounted on a glass or well-polished surface. But they are suitable for rare non-serious work.

Please note that it is wise to install soft attachments on the fastening part for working with soft parts, so as not to cause damage to them. A vice with the least amount of play when the jaws are fully extended is the ideal option.

A vice without rotary mechanism, unless, of course, it is useful in work.

Work on making a bench vice at home

Carpenter's vices, made independently at home, will save significantly family budget than their store-bought ready-made “brothers”. And a huge plus is that the product can be made according to personal preferences and for certain individual species works

It is absolutely easy to find material for the structure, it could be: a part technical pipe, used jack, old lathes, presses, etc.

And if you go to a metal collection point, there will undoubtedly be a suitable part for a vice that will cost you a penny.

Classic homemade vice

There are many types of vices, but the most popular and traditional is the type with steel material. Such a vice will be much more reliable than a factory-made one.

The structure consists of:

Note!

• a steel plate of at least 3 mm, but it can be much thicker;
• external and internal channel (120 and 100 mm);
• steel lugs;
• turning cutters 2 pieces;
• a small piece of reinforcement (rod for a gate);
• a nut (2 pieces), a pin or a screw of a certain diameter that corresponds to the rod;
• washer (2 pieces) of the same diameter with the lead screw;
• screw pair 335 mm;
• To secure the propeller chassis, a thick plate is needed.

It is necessary to separate the lead screw with washers on both sides of the plate. One of the two washers must be secured with a cotter pin or a locking ring, so that the part is completely removable; you must first weld the screw thread to it.

The handle should also be collapsible on one side, and reverse side It is worth welding it with a nut. It is necessary to weld a nut with a channel from the screws flush to the plate. To make the channel inside with the screw move easier while moving, it is recommended to lightly process it with a file.

Sponges are welded to the so-called ears, made from turning cutters. They are placed in the right place when the lead screw is screwed in, so the ears stand at the ideal distance from each other.

But you can also connect them with wire for greater convenience, so in the future it will be more convenient to fix uneven parts, the shape of which is expanded towards the bottom.

These homemade vices allow you to process larger parts.

Note!

To perform work in a home workshop, it is recommended to choose the simplest fixed vice for the machine.

It’s not at all difficult to make them yourself; you just have to watch the videos and recommendations, which can be easily found on the Internet and first draw up the drawings correctly.

DIY vise photo

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The vice is an indispensable device when carrying out the most various works. New tool It is expensive, but it is extremely necessary at home.

The simplest and cheapest option is to make your own vice from materials that are easy to find. Today we will look at the possibility self-made various types vice.

Materials for bench vices

We will need:

1. Channel No. 8P – 1 m.
2. Corner No. 4.0 – 1 m.
3. M16 hairpin – 1 pc.
4. Nuts M16 – 6 pcs.
5. Turns for pipes Ø40 mm.
6. A metal sheet 240x160x6
7. The strip for sponges is 160x40x5, but it is better to make the sponges thicker, for example, 8-10 mm.

Let's start making parts:

Nuts for the movement mechanism

To make the movement mechanism, you need to weld two nuts together. To do this, we screw them onto a pin so that there is a small gap of 0.2-0.5 mm between them.

We scald the nuts

If the nuts are pressed tightly together, the screw will clamp during operation. We weld the nuts in a circle. At this stage you will need two pieces.

Base and movement mechanism

The base of the vice consists of a sheet and two corners welded to it at the edges.

Attention! Remember, to prevent the structure from jamming, it is important for us to maintain the distance between the corners by the width of the channel plus 0.5-1 mm.

Base assembly

Therefore, before welding the corners to the sheet, install a channel in the middle, and along the edges, between the channel and the corner, a piece of cardboard or, if available, several transformer plates.

Movement mechanism

After welding the corners, draw a line in the center of the base and position the prepared nuts. To do this, screw them onto an M16 screw.

You can place regular staples from a stapler under the screw to lift it closer to the middle of the frontal plane.

Look at the photo, everything will become clear. And we make an indent from the edge of the sheet inward by 5 - 6 mm.

Stapling staples

To fill the space between the nut and the base of the vice, you can place a 3-4 mm plate.

Remember! How accurately you set the nuts will determine how well the movement mechanism will work.

After installing the nuts, you can install the cover. The body should look like in the photo.

Housing assembly

At this stage, check the free movement of the channel; if it is very tight, then remove 0.5 -1 mm. from the walls. The walls will then be not 40, but 39 mm.

Checking progress

Next, on one side of the channel, overlapping, we weld a corner and, installing it in the body, mark the place for drilling the hole for the counter nut. We also cook turns to the base. It should look like in the photo.

Housing and movement mechanism assembled

The next step We weld the remaining turns from the pipes onto the mating part of the vice, cut out and attach the jaws. That's all. We install the pin and fasten it from the inside to the moving part of the vice as in the photo.

Moving mechanism pin

The final stage, paint, dry and put everything together.

The final stage, painting. The product is ready.

Bench vice made from corrugated pipe

In order to make a reliable bench tool yourself, you need welding machine and the following components:

1. Several sections of professional pipe different sizes.
2. Hardened steel stud with coarse thread.
3. Double height nuts.

Vice is one of the most important tools in any workshop. It allows you to expand the range of work and increase efficiency: thanks to them, the master’s hands are free, and the processing of parts is carried out on high level, and without outside help. Few people know that high-quality vices can be made with their own hands. You just need to show some ingenuity, skills and attentiveness. Next, about the intricacies of the process of creating a tool.

Vices are widely used in construction work as an element-holding tool for various parts. The product in question is presented in the form of a base (body) with two clamping tubes, which allow you to firmly hold the part during milling, planing or drilling.

The vice is considered one of the main metalworking tools, because the quality of the parts will depend on the strength of fastening of the parts. final processing. In addition, such a product frees both hands, thus allowing you to carry out certain processes as accurately as possible.

Depending on the operational features, vices are divided into two categories: carpentry and metalworking. The latter, in turn, are divided into rotary and static. Static bench vices come in chair and parallel vices. The former do not have elements for permanent fastening and are easier to install/dismantle. The second ones differ more overall dimensions and are attached to work surface thoroughly.

Bench vices are designed primarily for working with fairly soft materials: plastic, wood, etc. They have high clamping jaws, which are either fixed statically or rotated on the base.

Machine tools are designed to work with hard materials, for example, metal. Their clamping jaws are less high for greater convenience and efficiency.

Making an instrument at home

To make a vice with your own hands, you need to prepare a certain set of materials and tools:

• Metal plates;
• Pins;
• Boards;
• Metal rod with a diameter of about 2 mm;
• Fasteners.

The minimum tools you will need are an electric drill, a sledgehammer, a file and a hacksaw. The easiest way to make a bench vise with your own hands is therefore presented below. step-by-step instruction to create just such a tool:

Advice. Vises made at home can be more effective and convenient due to the fact that it is quite possible to adapt them to carry out any specific operations.

If you plan to make a vice with your own hands, you should take into account some nuances that will determine the strength and service life of the tool:

• Material. Steel is most often used to create the product. It is advisable to choose a quality one, since the reliability and durability of the product, as well as its ability to firmly hold the part during processing, largely depend on this.
• Product size. If you plan to work mainly with small parts, it is better to give preference compact model: It will be more convenient and easier to work with.
• Thread pitch. Important point, which many often miss. The thread must be clear and small if spot work is planned.

• Sponges. It is important to pay attention to the size and shape of this element. The first indicator depends on the type of products that will be processed, the second - on the materials of the workpieces. If you plan to work only (mostly) with soft materials, it is better to make the jaws flat.

Advice. Since you're making your own vise, you can go beyond the standard model to make the best tool for your needs. Remember that with the help of an additional option you can make the vice more efficient in operation. For example, the presence of a rotating mechanism in the product will allow you to work with small parts.

That's all the subtleties that you should know about creating such a tool as a vice with your own hands. As you can see, this process is quite simple, and the result of the work will please even experienced craftsman. Good luck!

How to make a vice with your own hands: video

It’s hard to imagine the workshop of a home craftsman who often works with wood products without this useful device like a carpenter's vice. Using this clamping device, which is easy to make with your own hands, you can perform various technological operations with wooden details.

The design of a carpenter's vice is not so complicated as to give up the idea of ​​making one yourself

Many people, driven by the desire to save money on purchasing a carpenter's vice, use improvised devices (for example, clamps) to secure wooden parts. However, such universal devices do not allow you to effectively perform many technological operations on wood, and their metal clamping elements left on soft wooden surfaces unsightly dents.

If the processed wooden parts must differ not only in quality, but also aesthetically pleasing, then you can’t do without a vice specially designed for carpentry work. You can seriously save on purchasing serial models and more in the best possible way– make a carpenter’s vice with your own hands.

How a vice works for carpentry work

The design of a vice for carpentry work consists of the following elements:

• a support, which is also a stationary clamping jaw;
• movable clamping jaw;
• two metal guides along which the movable jaw moves;
• a lead screw that ensures movement of the movable jaw;
• a crank through which rotation is imparted to the lead screw.

The fixed support of the carpenter's vice is securely fixed to the surface of the workbench, for which long screws or bolted fasteners are used. Many serial models provide the possibility of using replaceable pads on movable and fixed jaws. Such overlays, which increase the versatility of carpentry vices, can be made of metal and polymer materials.

Since bench vices are often used for machining large wooden products, the design of many models includes a spring mechanism that facilitates manipulations. Such a mechanism, which can also be installed on a homemade carpentry vice, provides preliminary clamping of the part (it is finally fixed using a lead screw). If this mechanism is not included in the design of the bench vise, then the carpenter will have to hold it suspended for a long time wooden blank, before the movable clamping jaw is brought to it.

To produce materials intended for carpentry work wooden vice with your own hands, you need to make a drawing and select the appropriate components. Wooden blocks are used as clamping jaws of such a vice. One of them, serving as a fixed jaw, is fixed on the surface of the workbench and will act as a load-bearing support for the device.

You will also need a threaded screw with a diameter of at least 20mm. The permissible dimensions of the workpiece, which can be fixed in a homemade carpentry vice, depend on the length of this element, which is responsible for moving the movable jaw and, accordingly, for clamping the workpiece. To make a carpenter's vice, you will also need two metal guides, for which you can use any metal pins (the main thing is that they are smooth and their diameter is at least 10 mm).

The guide parts can be made on metalworking machines or you can use struts from the front shock absorbers of a passenger car for them.

Any wooden vice, including homemade ones, is controlled using a crank, the rotation from which is transmitted to the lead screw. As a driver, you can use a long metal strip, which will be inserted into the slot in the head of the lead screw. Such a slot must first be machined to match the thickness of the existing rail. Some home craftsmen use a regular wrench as a lead screw driver. wrench, into which its head is pressed.

To make a homemade bench vise more convenient to use, it is better to mount a full-fledged crank on them. For this you will need a welding machine. Welding is necessary in order to weld a nut or washer to the end of the lead screw, into the holes of which the handle-collar will be inserted. By making such a knob, you will greatly simplify the process of controlling a carpenter's vice, and it will be much more convenient to work with them.

As mentioned above, to make the movable and fixed jaws of a carpenter's vice you will need two wooden bars. It is best to choose pine as the material for making such bars: its wood is quite soft and at the same time durable. It is necessary to drill holes of the appropriate diameter in both jaws: two for the guides, one for the lead screw. In order for such holes on the movable and fixed jaws to be positioned exactly relative to each other, it is necessary to drill them simultaneously in two bars. To perform this procedure, the bars can be connected using nails, and after making the holes, separate them again.

After all the preparatory activities have been completed, you can begin assembling a homemade carpentry vice. The first thing you need to do is to securely fasten the fixed jaw support to the surface of the workbench. After this, guides and a lead screw are inserted into the holes of the support.

The ends of the guides protruding from the rear side of the support must be fixed, for which you can cut threads on them and screw on the nuts. A nut is also screwed onto the protruding end of the screw. In order to ensure that such a nut does not move during operation, it can be placed in a previously prepared recess on the surface of the support, into which it must fit very tightly.

When the fixed support of the carpenter's vice, the screw and the guides are mounted, you can install a movable jaw on them, for which there are already prepared holes in it. On the end of the lead screw protruding above the front surface of the movable jaw, you need to put a washer with a large outer diameter and screw on two nuts, which will act as a locking element.

After fastening all the elements, you can connect the end of the screw to the knob and start using a carpenter's vice. After you start turning the knob, the screw will screw into the nut of the fixed support, thereby attracting the movable clamping jaw to it.