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 different types of vices.
Materials for bench vices
We will need:
- Channel No. 8P – 1 m.
- Corner No. 4.0 – 1 m.
- M16 hairpin – 1 pc.
- Nuts M16 – 6 pcs.
- Turns for pipes Ø40 mm.
- A metal sheet 240x160x6
- 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 is to weld the remaining turns from the pipes onto the counterpart 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 a welding machine and the following components:
- Several sections of professional pipe different sizes.
- Hardened steel stud with coarse thread.
- Double height nuts.
You can make your own vice from scrap materials. For this, screws with a 20 mm thread and a length of 150 mm are used. They can be removed from sports corner. The threads of such screws are designed to withstand significant loads.
Homemade carpentry vices can be made from scrap materials.
Design features
It is recommended to make a carpenter's vice with your own hands using long screws. The distance between the jaws of the tool depends on this indicator. The studs are replaced with other fasteners. To secure the handle in the screw, you will need to make a slot. If necessary, expand the hole with a file.
A homemade tool must be equipped with a screw and a ring. A fixed sponge is made from a board. She is nailed to the table. To make the movable part of the workbench, you will need a board 20 mm thick and 18 mm wide. The length of the sponge should be 50 cm.
To make a hole for the screw, use a feather drill. It is recommended to first adjust it to a diameter of 21 mm. To make a hole for the studs, you will need a drill with a diameter of 10 mm. Screws and studs are inserted into the holes.
To homemade vice short workpieces were processed, the studs were rearranged. 2 additional holes are made in the board. To work with long boards, a drilling machine with long screws is made.
Application of pressed nuts
Carpentry tools with a pressed nut are made from metal staples. To prevent the key from breaking off the nut when clamping the workpiece, it must be pressed in. To do this, you will need to heat the key jaws over a fire.
Carpentry tools can be made from shock absorbers and M18 nuts. Holes are made in the corners of 1 elements. To fix them together, bolts with a countersunk head are used. To make your own vice, you can use the following materials:
- metallic profile;
- hairpin;
- nuts;
- welding;
- corners.
First, 2 sections are cut from the profile. The third strip is cut lengthwise at an angle. The bottom is cut out of a long strip using magnetic corners. The blanks are tried on and cleaned to ensure good adhesion. welding machine. The vice support is leveled magnetic corners. The next stage involves welding the last elements and support. To give the tool greater strength, metal strips are used.
Additional work
Diagram of a carpenter's vice.
The front lip of the vise is then welded to the guide. It is first placed with the cutout facing down. The next stage is to manufacture the frame. A metal strip is welded to the last element. Its tasks include limiting the travel of the guide and holding the threaded fastener.
The nuts are welded to the frame. The stud is screwed in first. The hole for the rod is marked and drilled in the plate. The last part is welded on. Steel fastener screwed to the frame. The nut is screwed onto the 1st element.
The rod is inserted onto the frame so that the pin passes through the hole. 2 nuts are screwed on top. The pipe is passed through it. Excess pieces of metal tape are cut off. The rear lip is welded to the workpiece and to the bed. If necessary homemade instrument paint. To do this, you will need to clean them with a felt circle, the rod is lubricated with a special lubricant. The vice is being assembled.
Conclusion on the topic
At home, you can make metalworking and carpentry vices. To make 2 tools, water and gas pipes are used. It is necessary to select pipes with different diameters. A product with a smaller diameter is inserted into a larger analogue and fixed by electric welding.
The smaller product is equipped with a flange with an M18 nut. The threaded rod is inserted into the small pipe so that the pre-fixed nut rests against the flange with big hole. Another fastener is screwed onto the protruding end of the stud. A welding machine is used to fix the 1st element.
The end of the threaded rod is screwed into the pipe nut with large diameter. The next step is to install the pressure plate and support plate on the vice. The jaws are made from a square pipe, and the paws are made from a corner.
For ease of use, a nut is welded to the protruding end of the stud. In this case, the possibility of installing a metal rod in it is taken into account. This technology will allow you to rotate the axis while easily controlling the vice.
Homemade vices may have some negative characteristics:
- simultaneous rotation of the inner tube with the pin;
- the pipe must be in the appropriate position (this will require installing a clamp).
When making a homemade vice from 2 scraps in the shape of squares, you should adhere to the technology described above.
To secure parts during processing, special clamps are needed. It is not difficult to make a vice with your own hands in different sizes; you will need drawings with dimensions, as well as a technological sequence for performing the work.
A home handyman usually has many of the most different instruments. However, it is difficult to overestimate the role of the vice. They are used to install parts of different sizes, so one workshop may have fixing devices various types and design. In metalworking they are mainly used hardware, and are widely used for wood processing wooden devices. Some craftsmen equip their work tables with homemade bench vices. It happens that you need a special fastening tool.
Vise elements
Clamping fixture must have several basic elements:
- the sponge is motionless;
- movable sponge;
- screw mechanism;
- transverse corner;
- movable jaw bracket;
- slider;
- main support (longitudinal angle).
Diagram of a homemade vice
The design of the clamp may be different. Sometimes as starting materials Even ordinary pliers are used.
The simplest designs
It is customary to determine the following types of vices based on the characteristics of the device:
- massive stationary. These are usually placed on one of the corners of the workbench. In forges it is customary to install it on a separate support mounted on a strong foundation;
- swivel can be used from several sides. If necessary, the location of the jaws is oriented in different directions;
- machine are intended for use on drilling machines. Can be placed similar products on milling tables, planing or slotting equipment, as well as on welding lines;
- wedge ones differ in that the design has a unique appearance. Such clamps make it possible to develop quite large pressing forces on the parts being fastened;
- Moxon's parallel designs. Their peculiarity is the use of not one, but several screw clamps. Long parts in different parts are fixed at different points;
- vertical ones are used for processing products that have a large height. The support of such a vice can be located at the bottom, and the processing area is located at the top.
Vice design development
Drawing of a homemade vice
If you want to make it yourself own design, it is necessary to prepare drawings (sketches). You can take rolled angles, channels, and I-beams as a basis. In industrial devices, cast iron is used. Small ones can be made from channel bars.
Do-it-yourselfers use different types wood or rolled metal.
Metal elements are used in wood products:
- screw. Use studs with standard threads. If a jack is available, then the product being developed will use a rectangular thread;
- screw. It is selected to match the existing clamping screw;
- fasteners are used to provide rigidity.
According to the design of the device, it can be:
- stationary vices, placed constantly in one place;
- portable (easily removable) vice. They can be quickly removed and stored in vehicle to carry out work at the repair site.
Step-by-step technologies for making wooden vices at home
Workbench design
At home, a workbench vice is made in the following sequence.
 | Wide parallel vise made of wood. The width of the jaws is 600 mm. |
 | The end part is lined with steel plates 4 mm thick. |
 | Blanks are cut from birch boards. The choice of birch is explained by the fact that this wood is characterized by high strength and hardness. |
 | The surface of the boards must be brought to perfection. Grinding tools are used. Finishing carried out with skins with grain 120...180 units. |
 | A board is glued to the end, which will serve as a stationary sponge. |
 | Additionally, the board is secured with M5 screws and washers with a diameter of 20 mm. |
 | Guide bushings for the rods will be made from birch bars 100x150x50 mm. |
 | Holes with a diameter of 20 mm are drilled into them. The rods themselves will be made from Ø 20 tubes. |
 | M24 lead screw and guide rods. The length of the screw is 450 mm. |
 | Pre-assembly of guide units. |
 | To ensure that the movement is carried out strictly in a straight line, you need a long nut. But you can look for something like this for a long time. It's easier to do it differently. 1 – take a strip 180 mm long (width 33 mm, thickness 5 mm); 2 – screw two nuts onto the screw; 3 – set the distance between the nuts to 140 mm; 4 – weld two nuts to the strip. You will get a long support that will reliably move the moving part of the vice. |
 | During installation, the screw and guides are located under the table. In the photo you can see how the design of such a vice is assembled. |
 | The movable jaw rests on a metal support. |
 | In order for movement along the screw to occur, the washer must be welded. It will not allow the moving part to move along the screw surface. |
 | The handwheel is turned from a piece of wood. |
 | After turning, a fairly comfortable handle is obtained. |
 | A nut is pressed inside the flywheel. |
 | To fix the nut, it is filled with epoxy resin. |
 | To fix large parts, dowels with a diameter of 20 mm are machined. They can be installed on sponges as well as on a table. |
 | A Ø 16 mm hole is drilled in the handwheel. A wooden rod is inserted into it. This makes it more convenient to rotate and fix the parts. |
 | Finished design of a wooden vice. Several rows of holes for dowels are visible on the table. By rearranging the counter stops, you can fix workpieces of quite large width. |
Making a wooden benchtop vice
Another design is used in carpentry. This type of fastener is installed on the table. They can be further strengthened using clamps.
 | Solid oak is used. It must be dried in a special mode, which includes more than just drying. The modes alternate with humidification. This will prevent the appearance of cracks. IN this design top part sponges of small width (only 60 mm). |
 | The block is placed on the table and then marked. |
 | The block is planed. |
 | Are being sawed out individual parts. The best type of fastening is considered to be a dovetail. |
 | The fixed part is turned separately. |
 | On lathe The working screw is turned out. |
 | A rectangular thread is cut. |
 | A hole is drilled at the end into which the rod is inserted. It helps the screw rotate. |
 | A support plate is cut from a 6 mm thick strip. |
 | Holes large diameter drill, securing the part in the four-jaw chuck of the lathe. |
 | Finished plate with a hole Ø 20 mm. |
 | Making additional cuts. |
 | Ready product used for fixing workpieces when making small sculptures from soft wood. |
Simple wooden vice
 | Apple wood bars are used. |
 | The base is a board 30 mm thick, 100 mm wide and 200 mm long. |
 | Additionally, three more elements were sawn. They will serve as sponges and intermediate support. Their dimensions: width 100 mm; thickness 30 mm; height 40 mm. |
 | An eye bolt with M10 thread is used as a screw. |
 | Additionally, you will need M8x70 bolts with nuts. |
 | Holes for M8 bolts are drilled on two bars. |
 | Additionally, two bars are drilled for M10 threads. |
 | The nut is pressed in. Additionally, a plate is used to fix the screw. |
 | All that remains is to assemble the elements on the support board. |
 | M8 bolts are used to install bars. |
 | The fixed jaw can be installed in several positions. Therefore, parts of different widths can be fixed in a vice. |
 | The vice is ready. They can be used to work with wooden blanks. |
Making metal vices
Small Machine Vise
 | For manufacturing you need: a plate 8 mm thick. Its width is 80 mm and its length is 120 mm; 2 solid squares 20x20 mm; 2 isosceles corners with a shelf 20 mm; profile pipe 20X20x1.5 mm. |
 | The parts used are tried on the plate. |
 | The angles will serve as guides for the pusher in the vise. |
 | The length of the corners is 60 mm. The pipe has a length of 45 mm. |
 | An M10 nut must be installed inside the profile pipe. You will need to saw through the window; a nut will be installed in this window; the nut must be welded in place. |
 | To make wine, a Ø 10 mm rod was used, with an M10 thread cut into it. |
 | Secured in a vice profile pipe, make a cut for the nut. |
 | The nut is tried on in place. |
 | You need to file two corners of the nut, then it will fit into the formed groove. |
 | The nut is installed in place. It needs to be boiled. A hole is pre-drilled on the reverse side; the reverse side of the nut will be welded through it. |
 | Welding is done from above. |
 | Then the reverse side is also boiled. |
 | The surface of all parts is sanded. |
 | A Ø 10 mm hole is drilled in a 50x30x6 mm plate. |
 | A notch is cut into the squares. It will fix the parts secured in a vice. |
 | The prepared parts are laid out on the workbench. The device will be assembled. |
 | The fixed jaw is welded. Having installed the profile pipe as the determining direction, the corners are welded. The stroke of the movable jaw will be 30 mm. |
 | A plate 20 mm wide needs to be welded on top. It will limit vertical movement. You will need to attach the profile pipe to the movable jaw. |
 | Part of the welding work has been completed. The movement of moving elements is checked. |
 | A nut is welded to the screw. It will not allow it to move along the axis. The plate is located at the back. It also needs to be firmly fixed to supporting surface vice. |
 | The parts are adjusted according to location. |
 | By welding the plate, a small vice is obtained. |
 | You can carry out a trial use by securing the vice on the table. |
 | The parts are secured securely. |
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.
Review Contents:
- Why do you need a bench vise?
- Main types of bench vices
- Work on making a bench vice at home
- Classic homemade vice
- DIY vise photo
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-rotary have more simple design and they 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 expenses and make compact small vies.
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 a rotating mechanism will save a lot of money, unless, of course, it is needed in the 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 not difficult to find material for the structure; it could be: a piece of technical pipe, a 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 design consists of: Please 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 welded on the other side using 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 on Right place When the lead screw is screwed in, the ears stand at the perfect 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 video and recommendations, which without special labor can be found on the Internet and drawn up correctly in advance.
DIY vise photo
If you have to change your workplace, you can equip each of them with a personal homemade, hand-made vice. Their design, like everything ingenious, lies on the surface and is simple but very effective, like much of what the famous one offers House master V. Legostaev.
Any self-respecting DIYer has a vice. However, a real full-fledged tool today is not only expensive, a good vice is also bulky and heavy. My workshop is actually the entire site: I have to work in different places, and a vice is needed very often. It turns out that you have to drag a heavy tool every time or run back and forth all the time to process parts.
Vise=Two pipes
It is known that gas and water pipes They are produced in such a way that any pipe must fit tightly inside a pipe of the next standard size. Taking this into account, I decided to take two pieces of pipe of two adjacent sizes. Inserted it into a large pipe and attached it to one of the ends using electric welding.
flange with large diameter nut - M16. On a smaller pipe, using the same electric welding, I installed a similar flange with a nut, but bigger size-M18. The M16 threaded rod in such a hole should rotate smoothly.
It was to this stud that I installed a nut at a short distance from the end, which was securely secured using electric welding. After that, I inserted a threaded rod into the cavity of the small pipe so that the fixed nut was inside the pipe and rested against the flange with a large hole. I screwed another nut onto the protruding end of the stud and also secured it by welding. Between the flange and the nuts, I pre-installed intermediate sliding washers. Now screw the end of the threaded rod that sticks out enough from the pipe into the nut big pipes. The result is the main working element of the vice. All that remained was to install the pressure plates (jaws) and support plates (paws) on the vice. I made the jaws from a square pipe, and the paws from a corner. And the vice is ready!
For ease of maintenance, I welded a nut to the protruding end of the threaded rod in such a way that, by inserting any rod into it, it was possible to easily rotate the axis and control the vice.
Homemade vices have disadvantages
When working on such a vice inner tube It can spin behind the hairpin, but it doesn't scare me at all. You just need to hold this pipe in the desired position when fixing it. And it’s not difficult to eliminate this drawback - just install the lock.
It’s even easier to make a vice from two scraps of similar size square pipes. All technology remains the same.
DIY vice - photo
DIY vice: drawing
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