Wheeler Knife vise

NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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Hi Guys-

I have a knife vise for sale that's just like the ones that I use. Ideally, these are used in a multi-purpose, rotating head vise... but it will work with any solid bench vise.

It's made from 2" square tubing, TIG welded to a 2" diam pipe. The internal blocks are Alder. The top block has a piece of round stock glued in place for the bolt to contact when tightened, and the bolt has a 3/4" head. It's painted with black, hammered Rustoleum and the Alder blocks are heavily waxed.

Super simple, super effective.

I never thought about selling anything like this, but it's been pointed out to me that a lot of folks don't have access to the tools needed to cut and weld something like this.... so here we go--- :)

$50 + shipping (I'm pretty sure I can fit this in a USPS medium flat rate box)

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Here are some shots of mine in action :) (this one is not for sale)

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Looks like this one is sold--- Thanks le0ne! :)

Robert- thanks for asking :), but I'm not taking orders for these. I might build a handful of them sometime and post them up here, but I'm just not sure when I'll be able to get to something like that.

Thanks guys! :)
 
Nice tool, someone needs to make these.....I also like how your files have antler on them!
 
Nick,
Nice vise. I see a C Clamp attatched in a couple of the pics, are you using that to limit rotation.

Jerry
 
Hi guys :)

The C-clamp on mine was to hold a piece of micarta up under the guard lug... it keeps me from slipping with the file and marring up the finished top side of the guard. I think I put a lot better explanation in the thread in my sig line.

I got the idea for deer & elk antler file handles from JP Moss in Woodson, TX. Most deer and elk antler is too porous for a high end knife handle, but it's still pretty to look at. :D I usually prefer a $2 wood handle on them now, just because a symmetrical handle doesn't interfere with gripping the file at a weird angle like the antler does sometimes.

Thanks guys! :)
 
Question:

Do you need to have the round pipe welded to the square tube? Other knife maker's vises use round tube. Couldn't you just drill a hole and weld the nut to a single length of round pipe and call it a day? Yours is a nice design but if you end up having to make a bunch of these, would the single pipe version reduce cost and speed production? I'm going to fire up my welder tomorrow to find out but I just thought I'd float the idea in case it helps.
 
Yes, you could.

Personally, I wouldn't want one like that for a couple reasons.

The "filler blocks" inside would need to be 1/2 rounds to achieve similar clamping pressure.

The even bigger reason--- the filler blocks would slide around (both by rotating and up/down along the length of the pipe).

The square tubing allows square/rectangular filler blocks that simply can't rotate. Also, the joint where the pipe meets the square tube acts as a stop, so the filler blocks cannot slide down beyond the end of the tube into the pipe.


It would cut down on costs a little, but it wouldn't be a good choice IMHO.


But I'm not trying to tell you not to try it for yourself. You might not have any problems with just the pipe and really like it. :cool: It's just not something I want to do. :)
 
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