This was helpful to me because I was looking at either the 100, or 150mm vise. One thing I don't like about these is that they loose one a lot of benchtop space. Some tail vises provide dog holes outside the footprint of the bench top, while others, like the wagon vises are inset and limit the maximum usable space. I was pretty shocked at how long the 150 is, and how much space one looses. And the main advantage is that one can space the dog holes further apart, which means one will have to spin the knob more when one falls between the spacing. Or one could still have tightly spaced holes, and then one got nothing for the lost top space or extra expense. Given that planing can be awkward beyond the face vise, a fairly short bench can end up with very little capture between the wagon vise and the face vise. I am going to have to rethink this. Gordon does suggest a bench extension for when one wants to get more reach for the tail vise, but it is a huge jig, and kinda like saying "look at my bench, it is a 2x10 propped up on some horses". (Everything he does is highly practical, so if it suits one, it is a solution, though that points to the original problem) My other benches have the L V double screw on one, and the classic euro on the other. Not loving either of those. Face vises are fantastic. Pattern making vises are even better, but it could be the case that the tail vise is not worth the trouble.
Dream work bench, with probably the best vises out there.
really nice add to the bench a great choise of vise a really love the look of it !!
Thank you so much
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This was helpful to me because I was looking at either the 100, or 150mm vise. One thing I don't like about these is that they loose one a lot of benchtop space. Some tail vises provide dog holes outside the footprint of the bench top, while others, like the wagon vises are inset and limit the maximum usable space. I was pretty shocked at how long the 150 is, and how much space one looses. And the main advantage is that one can space the dog holes further apart, which means one will have to spin the knob more when one falls between the spacing. Or one could still have tightly spaced holes, and then one got nothing for the lost top space or extra expense.
Given that planing can be awkward beyond the face vise, a fairly short bench can end up with very little capture between the wagon vise and the face vise. I am going to have to rethink this. Gordon does suggest a bench extension for when one wants to get more reach for the tail vise, but it is a huge jig, and kinda like saying "look at my bench, it is a 2x10 propped up on some horses". (Everything he does is highly practical, so if it suits one, it is a solution, though that points to the original problem)
My other benches have the L V double screw on one, and the classic euro on the other. Not loving either of those. Face vises are fantastic. Pattern making vises are even better, but it could be the case that the tail vise is not worth the trouble.