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Interesting Looking Leg Vice

I could imitate a certain person on the other site that would spout a load of stuff about 'trad' and the cost but it looks to be a well-engineered piece of kit.
There was one thing that sprang to mind which was that the chap doing the demo in the video was doing a lot of stooping to get to the wheel to loosen or tighten. My lower back would be screaming at me if I had to do that a lot.
 
It looks a very nicely engineered piece of kit but The quick release looks excellent but cant see how that works
The handle looks very low (this gives the high open/close rate) and also sticks out a very long way. I think I would be banging my knees.
Interesting that the guy in the demo planed from the end rather than standing in front of the bench and planing from right to left standing in front of teh bench \as most right handed people would. I suspect this may have shown up the low/protruding issues.
I will stick with a Record 53E but would consider a normal leg vice but maybe I am too stuck in my ways
 
There's quite a lot of stuff sticking out a long way at thigh level. That's bound to get in the way. And it's wheel, thing is very low. That would really annoy me.
 
Bad design. Would get in the way for me. I think people like us who actually do woodworking are unlikely to obsess over a vice once we've got one that holds wood properly.

Reminded me that I happen to have a blacksmith's heavy duty leg vice that I keep meaning to install somewhere.
 
Clever idea, but I immediately started thinking about how to improve the geometry.
I think the whole thing could be placed under the table if the leg support were moved in further (a fifth leg) and the top arms bending outwards rather than inwards. Perhaps also a swivelling gripping block to give a flat surface grip.
On the other hand, I might be talking complete rubbish!
Interesting that one of its stated advantages is to make people envious!
Duncan
 
I had not read the creating envy bit of the marketing. Not sure I really get that. I expect there are people who put more effort into their workshop gadgets than the products that emerge from it, but with the exception of the esteemed Dr Al who is clearly a borderline case :D, I'm not sure any reside here.

I do like stuff to be clean and tidy, but for tools I just about always buy second hand and my workshop is a real mix of stuff, none of which is a work of art and a lot of which is older than most donkeys.
 
The giveaway was when he picked up his plane to plane the edge of the piece of wood in the vice and he didn’t stand where you and I would, he went to the end of the bench and planed inwards from there. Says it all really.

I feel sure it could be redesigned to not stick out much at all, probably using a bar instead of the wheel.
Yes it’s just too big and sticks out too far which is a shame as it does appear to work very well. The slide in and out part is available for your own homemade leg vice btw.

There is another system that uses a chain and two sprockets to hold the bottom of a leg vice at the correct distance out, this coupled with the slidey top half of the vice makes a good combination for those people who want a more modern approach.

Probably goes well with a tool wall of never used planes, sorry pet hate of mine.
Ian
 
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