I might be 4 years late and I doubt you will see this comment but I just wanted to let you know that your pipe clamp vise will help me so much. I’m 15 years old and am currently building my own workbench and didn’t want to spend a lot of a face vise. The pipe clamps work a treat. Thanks mate!
I was so impressed with your build and Dima's vise screw that it prompted me do a little more looking. I watched video by noho91 that used the screw jack as tap and die to cut his own wooden vise screw. Super impressive and way easier than most solutions I have seen on RUclips using routers, jigs, etc. worth watching. Either way you have motivated me to make a bench. Thanks.
Frickin awesome bench! Humble materials, stout as hell and a beauty to look at! Why does it need three vices......same answer I give my wife when she ask a silly question like say "why do you need another router"? Because honey.... "it meets a deep emotional need I have that goes beyond any logical explanation".
i can't really justify 15 guitars, or 3 vices, 2 tablesaws, 5 circular saws, and the multiples of other tools, and worse than that , i do auto body, so i need only a few of the tools that carpenters use to actually do my job, and OMG do i have measuring devices, i don't even know how many speed squares i have , i tend to drop them and then they're out of square, i should just make a really tough one, but to my point,,,i'm not allowed to BUY any more guitars, but i was told , why don't you try to build them, so that's an excuse for just a multitude of cool new tools i don't even know exist yet
I used the $20 Lee Valley modern bench plans in 1984, bought rock hard Maple at $2.50 per board foot, found 20 mistakes in the plans, and pencilled in corrections. I can still remember my hands hurting chopping in the mortises with a chisel. My father helped by mounting the shoulder vise. He passed away 37 years later. I still use the shoulder vise every day.
Great build on this bench Jay. Glad to see you take the budget friendly approach. Not all have the money or access to expensive hardwood. Big thumbs up.
So many good ideas in these two builds. Will be making my own version, a little wider with a tool well to make it even wider, cabinets below and put it on retractable wheels so it can serve as an outfieed table too. Thanks for filling my head with good ideas!
Thanks Jay, for sharing your work bench build. You always provide functional, aesthetic, and economical solutions for woodworkers. I wish I had seen your bench before I bought all the lumber and hardware to build mine. Great job.
I've been in the middle of making my own work bench for a while now, lost motivation and not sure how I wanted to put the legs together. This video was very helpful and helped get some motivation back to get back to it. thanks
I wish people would sing songs as clearly as you pronounce everything. I'd never sing the wrong lyrics again! Thank you for making the noticeable effort to speak clearly :-)
I really like your videos you do a great job of explaining to us novices, I also like how you speed through the tedious stuff, it seems most other channels don't do that, it makes watching much more pleasant.
I love your videos and love your approach. Workbenches and vises should be tools not something to admire, or spend a fortune on. It kills me to see $800 vise hardware. Also, I generally hate sped up videos but you do it so well and edit it to make it interesting.
very good, Jay ! I actually have a (likely 60 yr old) Roubo bench here in France, belonged to the old guy who used to live here. It's kinda twisted, but i'll look into reviving it at some point. Your vid is helpful in highlighting efficient approaches to vices... keep on trucking !
dang, posted 7 years ago and somehow I hadn't ever seen this. more people should talk about these improvised easy-setup vise methods like the pipe-clamps. Smart idea.
Great bench, great vises, great job! Looking at this bench and esp, the tail-end vise, I can't let go of the thought of how cool a meetup between you and Paul Sellers would be....
Jay, Paul Sellers made a great series of Vids on building an economical rock solid bench. Yours is every bit the equal. (both the bench & the videos). Excellent work!
Again....I absolutely love your pipe clip vise design. In a couple of weeks, I will be building my new bench and will certainly incorporate your design into it...very nicely done, Jay!!!
All 3 vises turned out great and each one has their place in the shop. I especially like the floor wedge. I thought that's what it was when I saw it in your Instagram feed. So simple and much easier than fumbling for the right hole in a parallel guide.
GREAT workbench Jay. You have some serious clamping power available and you could put your truck on it if you wanted to. I agree with you, if you are putting that much effort into a bench, why not go all the way. I do like your pipe clamp vice system. Not only is it affordable but it WORKS.
That's a really clever alternative to a parallel guide. I think I saw a post by Christopher Schwarz a while back using a similar setup on a leg vise without a parallel guide... Edit: And then I finished the video and saw that's where you got the idea. Great minds and whatnot.
This was recorded before hand but I found it so strange that Nick wasn't in this one when I first started it. Also from the final photos it looks like you already drilled the dog holes but I was going to suggest trying to use the Domino. It seems to me like that might work for your dog system, and then you've got a near limitless supply of dogs ready to use. It would also be easy to drill perfect perpendicular holes with it. Fantastic bench, it really looks like a tank.
Great workbench and awesome video! Gonna tune in to the cabinet build, I was looking for a cheap way to put a vice on my table and these are great solutions thanks brother!
Great idea! I might have to incorporate it into my shop as I gain progress on it. To avoid having to reach in behind the vise it seems like it would be easy enough to make a "button" which would actuate a lever which would depress the pipe release on each pipe clamp. The "button" could be just under the bench top and maybe flush with the edge to avoid accidentally bumping it.
Actually, I just had an idea. Not sure how practical it would be though. You could take bicycle brakes and use the calipers to pinch the pipe release, run the cable down the hollow pipe and mount the handle to the front of the pipe clamp. With this arrangement you could squeeze the break levers and slide the vice jaw in and out at will. Hmmm... might have to toy with this idea.
Jay, nice job on the vices. There really won't be much you can't do with this bench once you are done. The only suggestion I can think of comes out of one of Chris Schwarz's books on benches. It's a simple way to add "Booster Legs" so you can increase the height of the bench just by lifting the each end of the bench. It's just just two little leg extensions connected by a stretcher and attached to each leg by a hinge. When you lift up the end of the bench, they swing down. Just a thought if you ever think you need the bench a few inches higher. Scott
Hello , really really nice benchwork... Simple, efficient... It's sad that it's not easy to find pipe clamps in France !! The wedge on the floor : top !! thanks for all, Fred
looks great, I will defiantly be using your pipe clamp vise idea, and for sure go find a scaffold leg adjuster for my leg vise, but I think I will be using the parallel bar on the bottom, the wedge idea is good, but i probably would trip over it LOL!, as for the end vise on the other side I will be using a wagon vise to use with my dog holes, probably use the scaffold leg adjuster again for the screw and captured nut. great video as always Jay.
Amazing work Jay. You are the best on RUclips! If you are able, I still would like to see the process that you use to drill the dog holes. I have read where others will put them at 5 degree angles, etc. I'm also wondering if you're going to bore them using a hand drill, or what technique you're going to use. I love your work. You're the every man's woodworker. Simple, inexpensive, highly effective, simply described, neatly done and presented in an uncomplicated manner. You're simply the best!
Nice project. Enjoy it. About the only thing I would like to add is "be careful with you back". Concrete is tough on backs, and the damage may not appear until you are in your 50s. Anti fatigue mats are a good investment, and they should be used around where you stand for extended periods. (like workbenches). Also, avoid thin soled shoes.
Great idea with the selection of clamps on the table, I just love the way the table is turning out! But I did noticed when you clamped the piece of scrap 2x4 in the leg clamp (@15:14 of the video) that it had bowed quite a bit. It probably would have been stronger if you had made the leg out of laminated 2x4's so the grain of the wood was running the opposite direction.
You rock man! I recently moved and will be building a new workshop soon, I can't wait to get started on some projects! I totally plan on purchasing these plans as well as the ones for your miter station. Keep up the good man!
Cool Jay. Nice to see how well you have incorporated hand tools into your workflow. They can be a lot of fun to use, and in some cases are faster than power tools.
Great overall build. I really enjoy the photography at the end of the vid. Good angles to show the details. I see you drilled the dog holes. Enjoy and use the hell out of it.
+Dema's WoodShop Don't beat yourself up . You are a craftsman , you make beautiful thing . Remember the other guy who makes beautiful things , no not Cremona I mean GOD
+Dema's WoodShop . It does seem to limit your capacity, however. not so much brilliant as an easy expedient for someone who intends to only work on thin material. anyway. i'm gonna check out your leg vise, jay seems to think it's great :D
Jay, I was imagining that you could create a curved wedge that you could spring-hinge to outside of the left leg. The spring would keep it up and you could rotate it downward as needed, giving you more 'wedge' the more you rotated it.
Hey Jay, Have you thought about a 3rd hand for the leg vice? its a sliding verticle board with spaced holes (like dogholes) to rest long pieces on... seems like it may be a good fit for your super bench..
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I might be 4 years late and I doubt you will see this comment but I just wanted to let you know that your pipe clamp vise will help me so much. I’m 15 years old and am currently building my own workbench and didn’t want to spend a lot of a face vise. The pipe clamps work a treat. Thanks mate!
I was so impressed with your build and Dima's vise screw that it prompted me do a little more looking. I watched video by noho91 that used the screw jack as tap and die to cut his own wooden vise screw. Super impressive and way easier than most solutions I have seen on RUclips using routers, jigs, etc. worth watching. Either way you have motivated me to make a bench. Thanks.
Frickin awesome bench! Humble materials, stout as hell and a beauty to look at! Why does it need three vices......same answer I give my wife when she ask a silly question like say "why do you need another router"? Because honey.... "it meets a deep emotional need I have that goes beyond any logical explanation".
i can't really justify 15 guitars, or 3 vices, 2 tablesaws, 5 circular saws, and the multiples of other tools, and worse than that , i do auto body, so i need only a few of the tools that carpenters use to actually do my job, and OMG do i have measuring devices, i don't even know how many speed squares i have , i tend to drop them and then they're out of square, i should just make a really tough one, but to my point,,,i'm not allowed to BUY any more guitars, but i was told , why don't you try to build them, so that's an excuse for just a multitude of cool new tools i don't even know exist yet
I'm shocked... Jay always seemed like such a decent clean living guy... And now it seems he just has one vice after another... :o
Hahahaha
Gold Star for you
+John Smith You just won 10 internets.
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Dad joke game level 99
The bench came out superb. The boiled linseed oil gave a fantastic look. Thanks for all the tips you shared about the vices.
I used the $20 Lee Valley modern bench plans in 1984, bought rock hard Maple at $2.50 per board foot, found 20 mistakes in the plans, and pencilled in corrections. I can still remember my hands hurting chopping in the mortises with a chisel. My father helped by mounting the shoulder vise. He passed away 37 years later. I still use the shoulder vise every day.
Clark Magnuson $2.50 per board ft!!!??? wow.... what times those must have been.
I live in Arizona, where a small maple log will run you $150+
Great build on this bench Jay. Glad to see you take the budget friendly approach. Not all have the money or access to expensive hardwood. Big thumbs up.
That pipe clamp vice is just what I needed. Thanks for your time creating all your videos!
So many good ideas in these two builds. Will be making my own version, a little wider with a tool well to make it even wider, cabinets below and put it on retractable wheels so it can serve as an outfieed table too. Thanks for filling my head with good ideas!
Thanks Jay, for sharing your work bench build. You always provide functional, aesthetic, and economical solutions for woodworkers. I wish I had seen your bench before I bought all the lumber and hardware to build mine. Great job.
You have the most professional videos and plans that I've seen on RUclips. Well done Jay, well done.
I agree completely.
I've been in the middle of making my own work bench for a while now, lost motivation and not sure how I wanted to put the legs together. This video was very helpful and helped get some motivation back to get back to it. thanks
That's a great looking workbench, heavy duty and solid. Great ideas for shop made vices too.
I wish people would sing songs as clearly as you pronounce everything. I'd never sing the wrong lyrics again! Thank you for making the noticeable effort to speak clearly :-)
That turned out great! Can't wait to see what kind of project videos we'll be seeing from here.
This bench set up is a thing of beauty, nicely done. Love it.
Have been looking for a workbench and vices forever. Thank you very much.
Those vices look great and that bench has really come along.
I really like your videos you do a great job of explaining to us novices, I also like how you speed through the tedious stuff, it seems most other channels don't do that, it makes watching much more pleasant.
+Christopher Koshak (Our Tangled Web) Thank you for the feedback.
Yes, you do need three vices. Great job. Very nice, Thanks Jay. You do us proud.
I'm in the middle of building a laavu in my back yard, but you workbench is definitely on my list of to-do's.
Dude! You're excitement to have this thing shows through in the video! Awesome. thanks for sharing!
Like the videos. Seeing you work and discuss simultaneously is very cool.
Motor City Rocks!
I love your videos and love your approach. Workbenches and vises should be tools not something to admire, or spend a fortune on. It kills me to see $800 vise hardware. Also, I generally hate sped up videos but you do it so well and edit it to make it interesting.
very good, Jay !
I actually have a (likely 60 yr old) Roubo bench here in France, belonged to the old guy who used to live here. It's kinda twisted, but i'll look into reviving it at some point. Your vid is helpful in highlighting efficient approaches to vices...
keep on trucking !
I see you are a man of many vises Mr Bates...
Outstanding worksmanship. Love your workbench.
dang, posted 7 years ago and somehow I hadn't ever seen this. more people should talk about these improvised easy-setup vise methods like the pipe-clamps. Smart idea.
That bench is going to get so much use! Looks great!
Can't wait to get started on my work bench. The only changes I hope to make are no glue, screws or nails and 12 feet long. Thanks for sharing Jay.
Great bench, great vises, great job!
Looking at this bench and esp, the tail-end vise, I can't let go of the thought of how cool a meetup between you and Paul Sellers would be....
Jay, Paul Sellers made a great series of Vids on building an economical rock solid bench. Yours is every bit the equal. (both the bench & the videos). Excellent work!
Again....I absolutely love your pipe clip vise design. In a couple of weeks, I will be building my new bench and will certainly incorporate your design into it...very nicely done, Jay!!!
Love it
Glad to see a fellow Lions and Redwings fan doing well on YT.
All 3 vises turned out great and each one has their place in the shop. I especially like the floor wedge. I thought that's what it was when I saw it in your Instagram feed. So simple and much easier than fumbling for the right hole in a parallel guide.
Thanks Jay, so much help! Love that you guys so willingly give each other credit where due too, real gentlemen!
Love the pipe vise and will be using this and traditional cast iron wood workers vise when I build my own workbench.
GREAT workbench Jay. You have some serious clamping power available and you could put your truck on it if you wanted to. I agree with you, if you are putting that much effort into a bench, why not go all the way.
I do like your pipe clamp vice system. Not only is it affordable but it WORKS.
Awesome result, Jay. Can't say I'm not a bit jealous.
Really nice vice options. Thanks for showing each of them.
Cool hoodie. I like the contrasting color for the drawstring and zipper--gives it a nice, urban edge.
Jay ... I really appreciate the way you explain what and how you do stuff .... !!Nat
just found your channel in preparation for a new workbench - nice work !! Will be binge watching your vids !
Really nice bench. Looks like it all functions the way you intended.
Well Jay, you have master workbench crafting, good work, I will make myself one for sure now!
Awesome Jay, tnx for sharing and making the woodworkers life a lot easier!!
Love the vises that you made and they look pretty dang sturdy...
I love the way your bench worked out. looks solid as hell. I am looking to build mine here shortly and this was a very useful video for me.
Really brilliant and original the solution with the pipe clamps!
Using a vice to make a vice...nice! The leg vice looks great
That's a really clever alternative to a parallel guide. I think I saw a post by Christopher Schwarz a while back using a similar setup on a leg vise without a parallel guide...
Edit: And then I finished the video and saw that's where you got the idea. Great minds and whatnot.
This was recorded before hand but I found it so strange that Nick wasn't in this one when I first started it.
Also from the final photos it looks like you already drilled the dog holes but I was going to suggest trying to use the Domino. It seems to me like that might work for your dog system, and then you've got a near limitless supply of dogs ready to use. It would also be easy to drill perfect perpendicular holes with it.
Fantastic bench, it really looks like a tank.
Nice Jay. A bench specifically for hand tools and clamping capacity to go along with it will be a nice addition.
Fantastic Jay!!!! Another great build, another great video!!
you are really great carpenter jay...it's easier n simple to make bench vise because of you
Another great project Jay. I'll have to make one of those for myself someday.
Awesome video Jay! The workbench is coming along nicely!
Amazing bench and now vices, just joined you are a professional in your skill.
Good stuff, that leg vice is great. Much simpler than most.
I bet you are wishing you had a Ferry with you when you installed these! Good job Jay!
Great workbench and awesome video! Gonna tune in to the cabinet build, I was looking for a cheap way to put a vice on my table and these are great solutions thanks brother!
Great idea! I might have to incorporate it into my shop as I gain progress on it. To avoid having to reach in behind the vise it seems like it would be easy enough to make a "button" which would actuate a lever which would depress the pipe release on each pipe clamp. The "button" could be just under the bench top and maybe flush with the edge to avoid accidentally bumping it.
Actually, I just had an idea. Not sure how practical it would be though. You could take bicycle brakes and use the calipers to pinch the pipe release, run the cable down the hollow pipe and mount the handle to the front of the pipe clamp. With this arrangement you could squeeze the break levers and slide the vice jaw in and out at will. Hmmm... might have to toy with this idea.
Thanks Jay. Very inspirational and very enjoyable to watch your vidos.
Jay, nice job on the vices. There really won't be much you can't do with this bench once you are done. The only suggestion I can think of comes out of one of Chris Schwarz's books on benches. It's a simple way to add "Booster Legs" so you can increase the height of the bench just by lifting the each end of the bench. It's just just two little leg extensions connected by a stretcher and attached to each leg by a hinge. When you lift up the end of the bench, they swing down. Just a thought if you ever think you need the bench a few inches higher. Scott
Hello , really really nice benchwork... Simple, efficient... It's sad that it's not easy to find pipe clamps in France !!
The wedge on the floor : top !!
thanks for all,
Fred
Nice video as always, Jay. I really like the simple leg vise.
Thanks for sharing this video, great idea to use a wedge at the bottom of the leg vice!
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looks great, I will defiantly be using your pipe clamp vise idea, and for sure go find a scaffold leg adjuster for my leg vise, but I think I will be using the parallel bar on the bottom, the wedge idea is good, but i probably would trip over it LOL!, as for the end vise on the other side I will be using a wagon vise to use with my dog holes, probably use the scaffold leg adjuster again for the screw and captured nut. great video as always Jay.
Amazing work Jay. You are the best on RUclips! If you are able, I still would like to see the process that you use to drill the dog holes. I have read where others will put them at 5 degree angles, etc. I'm also wondering if you're going to bore them using a hand drill, or what technique you're going to use.
I love your work. You're the every man's woodworker. Simple, inexpensive, highly effective, simply described, neatly done and presented in an uncomplicated manner. You're simply the best!
Nice project. Enjoy it. About the only thing I would like to add is "be careful with you back". Concrete is tough on backs, and the damage may not appear until you are in your 50s. Anti fatigue mats are a good investment, and they should be used around where you stand for extended periods. (like workbenches). Also, avoid thin soled shoes.
Hi there from Portugal,
Very nice Addition to the great workbench :D
Thanks
Very useful and important video that teaches how to make a wood working bench.
Great additions to an already awesome bench!
Great idea with the selection of clamps on the table, I just love the way the table is turning out! But I did noticed when you clamped the piece of scrap 2x4 in the leg clamp (@15:14 of the video) that it had bowed quite a bit. It probably would have been stronger if you had made the leg out of laminated 2x4's so the grain of the wood was running the opposite direction.
In pine we trust.
Jay, you got vices -- er... I mean vises! lol That's a very sturdy and versatile bench. It ought to last for many, many years.
You rock man! I recently moved and will be building a new workshop soon, I can't wait to get started on some projects! I totally plan on purchasing these plans as well as the ones for your miter station. Keep up the good man!
Cool Jay. Nice to see how well you have incorporated hand tools into your workflow. They can be a lot of fun to use, and in some cases are faster than power tools.
Props! Making me motivated to get my second bench build under way. Thanks for the video...
That one badass workbench. Love it man. Great job.
first of your vids I've seen like the bench absolutely love the drawer pulls go wings
love the pipe clamp vise. great video
LOL It is great to see how you handled the uneven floor beneath your work bench. The best laid plans of mice and men...
Quite enjoyed your creative editing. Makes me want to step up my creativity for my channel.
Go on Jay, constrain that leg vise! You'll be much happier when it can't rotate, I bet you've already worked out how to do it too.
It looks great, hope it serves you well.
beautiful videos with the twin who works ...
Great work Jay
I will definitely use a few of those vises.
Jay, I really like the design of the pipe clamp vise on the workbench. What are the benefits of being able to remove the jaw?
Very cool stuff Jay Bates! Tyvm for posting!
Great video, bench looks very handy.
With the end vice mounting height, can you still use the adjustable dog? If that's what it's called.
Great overall build.
I really enjoy the photography at the end of the vid. Good angles to show the details. I see you drilled the dog holes.
Enjoy and use the hell out of it.
jay i like all you vices no the leg one you work bench is very nice good happy new year to you
Well done Sir. Well done for your correction too.
Interesting choice with the wedge. What do you think about using a pipe clamp for a leg vise?
The wedge on the leg vise is brilliant, I don't know why I didn't think of that, I get annoyed adjusting the pin on my parallel guide.
+Dema's WoodShop Don't beat yourself up .
You are a craftsman , you make beautiful thing .
Remember the other guy who makes beautiful things , no not Cremona I mean GOD
+Dema's WoodShop . It does seem to limit your capacity, however. not so much brilliant as an easy expedient for someone who intends to only work on thin material. anyway. i'm gonna check out your leg vise, jay seems to think it's great :D
Jay, love the Red Wings and Lions banners, big Detroit fan(and sufferer) here in Kalamazoo......great videos too
Jay,
I was imagining that you could create a curved wedge that you could spring-hinge to outside of the left leg. The spring would keep it up and you could rotate it downward as needed, giving you more 'wedge' the more you rotated it.
Hey Jay,
Have you thought about a 3rd hand for the leg vice? its a sliding verticle board with spaced holes (like dogholes) to rest long pieces on... seems like it may be a good fit for your super bench..
everything looks great john/jay. now i know what to do when i get mine.."if there's any kits left"
Stellar Jay. Just stellar.