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I noticed that while the big vice on the bench is great when working along the long axis of the table (planing etc), it is not the most robust when working across the table (sawing something at 90degrees to the clamp jaws). So I am now trying to make a moxon style vice to go onto the right hand and of the table so I can clamp stuff and saw along the long axis of the table.
The back piece (the one being clamped in the top photo) with have the two coach bolts coming through from behind, with the heads recessed. That then gets screwed to the end of the bench, flush with the top and one side. It's so thick as I wanted to give the coach bolts as much material to pass through as possible to keep them aligned. I could have mounted them into the bench, but I want to be able to remove/update this in future without damaging the bench too much. The front piece with the cross braces then slips over the bolts and is tightened down with nuts.
This will run on two M16 coach bolts and initially just the nuts and a spanner. But I might try and make some handles to set the nuts into for tool-less use.
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