York Moxon Vice complete Reviews

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The Moxon vice wasn't invented by Joseph Moxon, in his book Mechanick Exercises he referred to it as a "double screw vice" and there is evidence of similar devices that pre-date him by some 300 years. It remains however, a very useful tool - a simple demountable system that can be used as required and stored out of the way when not in use.The Moxon vice is held in place with holdfasts or F-clamps, usually on the edge of the bench with the back jaw overhanging the edge by a hair to give full clearance to the floor and raising your working height by 5½" (140mm) above the bench surface. This gives a better position for accurate fiddly jobs on ends and edges - like sawing dovetails, cutting and paring tenons, ploughing grooves etc.With a suitable batten to support it, the Moxon vice can also be used on its back as a clamp (e.g. panel glue ups), mounted in the front vice to clamp work vertically (poor mans patternmakers vice) and its large faces can be pressed into service for small veneering jobs.Drill a couple of dog holes in the top of each block and you have all the versatility of a 1970's aluminium folding workbench - without the wobble. Cut a V groove in the faces and you can hold small round things safely in the drill press... the only limit is your imagination!The wide jaws are well made from 45mm thick European beech and have a clear 13 inches (33cm) between the screws. The holes in the moving jaw are slotted, giving an allowance for rack - if you have to plane a tapered leg for example.
Overall width of Jaws: 500mm
Thread: 20mm x 4mm
Thread Length: 240mm
Maximum Opening 130mm

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“Really pleased with the moxon vice, just what I wanted. Very versatile to clamp to a bench to raise work to a more comfortable level and also the variety of shapes/sizes of material, that a standard vice wouldnt be able to hold. I have been clamping 3" square pine vertically to cut tenons for a saw donkey project (step one for building a bench) It holds really firmly without over-tightening the screws. Quality of the screws and wheels is great, they run very smoothly. I've looked at the cost of just buying the hardware and I doubt I would have saved much, and havent got the resources to build one yet anyway. Given the quality, I think its great value! Once my bench is built the clamp-on moxon will be a great additional option to a more standard vice.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“The vice was dispatched quicky and well packaged. I made use of a special offer with free postage.Very solidly construced with excellent quality quarter sawn beech which will maximise stability of the jaws. Nicely cast wheels and large diameter threaded rods that are easy to adjust. The mechanism allows non parallel items to be grasped (up to a limit). I lined the jaws with rubberised cork to improve the grip and this was easy to do. Having the jaws a few inches higher really makes cutting dovetails by hand much easier. I always found crouching over a bench vice caused backache but the elevation from the York Moxton Vice improves the ergonomics considerably. Two holdfasts are all that I needed to hold securely to my bench. I can easily vary the hight by putting appropriately shims between the bench surface and vice. I have thought about making one of these for a long time. I suspect that there would be some savings to be made but I doubt if the final product would be as good as this and function as well. These are really hefty pieces of beech that have been well fixed together and finished properly. I am sure this will become an indespensible in my workshop over the next few years.”

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Posted 7 months ago

“I wish I'd bought this vice years ago. Since it arrived, I've used it every day bar one. It holds my work rock steady, so now I can concentrate on the work rather than the work and the vice, or what vice should I use, or will dogs do it, or wedges, or will a curse maybe work best? I try curses and vices most days, but now I have the Moxon York Vice to add to my armoury to attack the wood and wrestle something attractive and worthwhile, and maybe even utilitarian, from the dam wood! And thanks to Workshop Heaven for the usual first class service.”

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Posted 1 year ago