On the eternal quest of workshop upgrades, [Alexandre Chappel] has combined woodworking and 3D printing to add a versatile 0.5 m wide vise with some clever internals to his workbench. The challenge ...

A good bench vise is an essential tool in any shop. Here are tips and facts about those oft-overlooked necessities: A blacksmith’s vise, aka a leg vise, is bolted to a work bench but has a leg that ...

There is nothing like experience. As contractors, one of thelessons we learned over years is that hard work pays off. However,as you may have discovered, hard work alone doesn’t always yielddesired ...

A vise isn't the first thing you buy when setting up your workshop, but maybe it should be. They aren't the sexiest tools and the basic designs haven't changed in centuries, but when you need a solid ...

For most of us, a vise is the sort of thing you clamp onto the edge of a workbench and crank down by hand. It might even be made of plastic, depending on the kind of work you find yourself doing with ...

From rusted and seized to smooth and functional, this bench vise restoration brings a classic tool back to life. A satisfying ...

The handiest tool in a mechanic's repertoire isn't kept in a toolbox; it's mounted securely in plain sight. I'm talking about a mechanic's bench vise and the analogy I draw between myself and what ...

This junkyard bench vise gets cleaned, repaired, and restored into a fully functional workshop tool. Proof that old tools ...

Every good workshop has a good vise. But the need clamp things may arise when you are on the trail or at a job site and nowhere near a vise and workbench. For these scenarios, there's the Wilton ...