https://oldetoolworkshop.com/tags/vices/Recent content in Vices on Olde Tool WorkshopHugoen-usWed, 05 Feb 2020 01:00:00 -0500https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2020-02-05-wonderful-world-of-vises-and-their-vices/Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://oldetoolworkshop.com/post/2020-02-05-wonderful-world-of-vises-and-their-vices/<p> <img src="https://oldetoolworkshop.com/img/2020/02/IMG_9994-scaled.jpg" alt=""> </p> <p>My old bench had a vise that would rack, so I cut out several pieces of 4″ X 1 1/2″ x 1/4″ popular that I had lying around and drilled a 3/4″ hole (you may have to sand the holes or the dowel little bit to get the pieces to rotate easily) in all of them and inserted a 3/4″ dowel with 2 scrap turned end pieces screwed and glued and presto a variable anti-rack block, It can go from 1/&quot; to 2″. This is not an original idea, I have seen wooden versions of similar rack stops on the internet and there is a plastic version of this in a Lee Valley catalog. It&rsquo;s just really easy to make and works great!</p>