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I had forgotten just how good this workholding masterclass is.

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We are away (again!) and I had some time to think about the features on my bench design and I was wondering about a crotch or crochet depending on where you stand.
So I revisited this video from Mike Siemsen, now he doesn’t have anything against Vices but he is demonstrating how to hold wood without one, I intended to just dip in but ended up watching all 35 mins of it, I may have been doing serious woodwork for a very long time but there were things I hadn’t thought of.
I particularly liked his method of spring loading his version of a Moxon vice-not.
Recommend Ian

 
duke said:
I like his bench and a great way to work without a vice. I find it a little low for my liking.
I need to get some holdfasts.
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Yes it looks very low to me too, there’s no way I could use a handsaw on my bench. I can recommend the Gramercy holdfasts that he uses. Easy to find over here, not so in the uk, I think you have to get them from Germany if in the uk.
Ian
 
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