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its a beauty!

I think using a SS push block to put some down pressure on the piece as you feed it might make the operation feel more secure, and the block should keep the fingers far enough away just in case something goes awry. Or you could try wrapping sandpaper around a dowel of the right radius and do it the ...

very nice!

JPG wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 3:08 pm Moxon vise?
I thought that was a wagon vice.

this is what it made me think of.

Aha! Sometimes the old ways are the best ways! Thanks for the photo of your set up. Now I just have to figure out how to do the layout of those shapes... Very cool Moxon vise, by the way.

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Worth the headache, for sure!

Looks like an old style hold down, designed to apply downward pressure on the workpiece. The curved end of the flat spring would bear on the upper surface of a board on the table. I have only seen pictures of these before, so I am not sure how it mounts. It did, I believe, the same job as the more f...

An impressive collection of parts, and all nicely organized! Looks really good, and that level of "de-cluttering" in itself goes a long way towards ensuring the success of future projects.

Slight pressure is not very specific, there's a point where it's tight enough to resist the forces that can shake the way tube assembly. And the tie bar does deform at that point, just a little, but it can be tightened and much more with much more deformation. Certainly there's no need to tighten i...