Wooden Vise Kit (Leg, Face, Tail & Twin Screw Vises)

A hard maple vise screw and nut for a leg vise, face vise or tail vise.Every screw is milled from a solid billet of hard maple, no glue joints.✓ 30-day returns and a lifetime warranty on everything I make.Outfitting your whole bench? Order two or more vise kits (leg, wagon or shoulder) and bench builder pricing applies automatically in your cart.Pick a size Standard screw: 2-1/2" diameter threads, 2 turns per inch (two turns of the handle moves the jaw 1"). About 23-24" long overall with a 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" hub and 19-1/4" of thread. Nut is 2-3/4" x 4" x 8-9". 2X screw: 3" diameter double-start threads, 1 turn per inch, so it moves twice as fast. About 23-24" long with a 4" x 4-3/4" hub and 19" of thread. Nut is 2-3/4" x 5" x 8-9". (2X is the size name; it's still one vise.) Pick a kit Screw & nut: the screw and a matching threaded nut. Bring your own handle and garter. Screw, nut & handle: adds the maple handle. Complete: adds a brass garter set too, in Vintage or Brushed finish. Building a twin screw vise?Order two kits (set the quantity to 2) and bench builder pricing applies automatically in your cart. Most twin screw builds use the complete kit.Which garter? Brass external garter (in the complete kit): easiest to install and strong enough for spreading loads, like using a tail vise to knock furniture apart. Best for leg, face and tail vises. Maple internal garter (2X size): sits in a mortise in the chop and lifts out, so a twin screw chop can rack for angled work. Don't glue it in, and keep spreading force light. No garter: also works on a twin screw vise (Dominy and Holtzapffel benches are built this way). You pull the chop out by hand after winding the screws back. What's what Handle: hard maple, 1" x 16-3/4", with threaded end-grain knobs on both ends and O-rings. Brass garter set: holds the screw hub to the chop so the jaw moves in and out with the screw. Comes with screws, in Vintage (aged) or Brushed finish. FinishingArrives sanded to 220 grit. Use a penetrating oil and skip film finishes like lacquer, shellac or water-based poly. Then wax the screw and nut threads with a silicone-free paste wax so it runs smooth. An old toothbrush helps get wax into the nut.Installation: Leg vise instructions (PDF) · Twin screw instructions (PDF) · All instructions