Comments on: Patternmaker's Vise can give you some new angles. http://toolmakingart.com/2008/09/16/patternmakers-vise-can-give-you-some-new-angles/ Timeless Tools Sat, 19 May 2012 20:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert Tangora http://toolmakingart.com/2008/09/16/patternmakers-vise-can-give-you-some-new-angles/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Robert Tangora Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:13:20 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=333#comment-1525 I've had some experience with patternmaker's vises. The weak link is the hinge, not the cast iron. Over time, like a door hinge, the hinge loosens and results in some slop. The bench in the photos seems flawed in that it cuts away the bench. I think the idea was to allow the vise to act like a bench vise where you can use the edge of the bench for addional support/contact on longer pieces. This is not what a patternmaker's vise is designed for! If you want that function, use a standard cabinetmaker's vise. One I worked with (save the hinge slop) was mounted on a very substantial maple bench. I would make the top as thick as possible. This gave excetional mass to support the piece which I think is very important. A few more screws on the hinge would also help. I’ve had some experience with patternmaker’s vises. The weak link is the hinge, not the cast iron. Over time, like a door hinge, the hinge loosens and results in some slop. The bench in the photos seems flawed in that it cuts away the bench. I think the idea was to allow the vise to act like a bench vise where you can use the edge of the bench for addional support/contact on longer pieces. This is not what a patternmaker’s vise is designed for! If you want that function, use a standard cabinetmaker’s vise. One I worked with (save the hinge slop) was mounted on a very substantial maple bench. I would make the top as thick as possible. This gave excetional mass to support the piece which I think is very important. A few more screws on the hinge would also help.

]]> By: Bob Strawn http://toolmakingart.com/2008/09/16/patternmakers-vise-can-give-you-some-new-angles/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Bob Strawn Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:13:56 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=333#comment-1519 Cast Iron has a wide range of properties and formulas. The limits on wood thickness area and shape, in order to install one of these seems like a plan destined to fail. So far, the far too few screws in too small a section of wood, has held up admirably. Hopefully my email has helped you plan you setup. Bob Cast Iron has a wide range of properties and formulas. The limits on wood thickness area and shape, in order to install one of these seems like a plan destined to fail. So far, the far too few screws in too small a section of wood, has held up admirably. Hopefully my email has helped you plan you setup.

Bob

]]> By: John Neary http://toolmakingart.com/2008/09/16/patternmakers-vise-can-give-you-some-new-angles/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 John Neary Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:58:51 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=333#comment-1511 Just got an Emmert clone such as depicted here, in new condition, and am trying to figure out how to mount it. I can use some thin (1/8" or 1/16") steel sheet under and a bit wider than the flange to strengthen the bench, which won't have much thickness after the mortising. But the hinge bothers me a lot. Cast iron is such brittle stuff! What has been your experience? Thanks!! Just got an Emmert clone such as depicted here, in new condition, and am trying to figure out how to mount it. I can use some thin (1/8″ or 1/16″) steel sheet under and a bit wider than the flange to strengthen the bench, which won’t have much thickness after the mortising. But the hinge bothers me a lot. Cast iron is such brittle stuff! What has been your experience? Thanks!!

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