Pictures

Making the vertical shaft

Taking shape

The plastic ring

Attaching the MDF

The zebrano blank

The recess

Reverse chucking of the blank

Shaping the bottom plate.

The finished bottom plate

Drilling holes in the counterweight plates

The counterweight plates

Turning the wooden handles

The handle almost done

The finished handle

The bottom plate

The hex-keys are glued

Most of the parts together.

Fitting and checking all the parts

Checking the jaws

Cleaning and polishing

Cleaned and polished

Protecting the wooden parts

Assembly of all the parts

Closeup of the vise head

Since you got this far …

A money box

The GFF money box

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Long story longer

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