Benchcrafted Classic Leg Vice Base Hardware

Product Description

In the 19th and early 20th century, many vocational schools and commercial shops in France and its colonies were outfitted with Roubo-style benches and metal leg vice hardware. French hardware is typically made entirely of metal, whereas hardware from Britain and America usually features a T-shaped iron casting fitted with a sliding wooden handle. Benchcrafted designed theirs around the French model for better function and looks. Researching extant vices and benches, they discovered a number of features that have all but disappeared from modern vice manufacture. They have incorporated these, plus a few of their own, into the design of the Classic Leg Vice.

Specifications:

• Fully machined from steel components
• 2 3/16” diameter hub with integral spring plunger, Parkerized finish
• 15” handle assembly with central v-groove and leather shock washers, Parkerized finish
• 3 ½” diameter flange, Parkerized finish
• Roll-threaded steel acme screw, 1” diameter with 4 tpi pitch, double lead (2 tpi equivalent, or ½” travel per turn) 16” of thread behind the flange
• 9” capacity typical installations
• 2½” diameter one-piece acme nut
• Crubber jaw liner included (for 8” wide chops)
• Designed and made in the USA

• Includes everything you need to build the vice, except wood

Cross parts not included! The Classic Glide Leg Vice Base Hardware must be paired either with a Crisscross Solo or with a Crisscross Retro.

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