Popular Post Ronn W Posted November 8, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 It finally arrived. Can't start the assembly or mounting quite yet since the "how-to" video won't be ready for a few days but heare it is..... www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Twon+turbo+vise&&view=detail&mid=43C3402A31E80818FFD343C3402A31E80818FFD3&&FORM=VRDGAR I have never seen anything quite so well packaged as this. I will peel back a few layers for you...... This is the plexiglass face plate - The gears will be visible when ti's all assembled. Also the 2 screws. Remove the plate and pull out a couple of styrofoam plugs..... Remove the plastic bags fo parts and the back of the vise is visible. Now to get some maple 8/4 maple for the jaw. This is the smallest of his 3 vises - 16" from screw to screw. I figure that the jaw will be 18" long. Plan to mount it as a front vise. Should look something like this when its done. I may take a few pics along the way but the assembly process will be on line. Will definetly review that ease or dificulties of the build and what I think of the vise. LInk: www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Twon+turbo+vise&&view=detail&mid=43C3402A31E80818FFD343C3402A31E80818FFD3&&FORM=VRDGAR Stand-by..................... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Jimerfield Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 Nice. Looking forward to getting mine and building a new, long over due, bench to go with these beasts. BTW, I ordered a small one also, and the drawings say 14" screw to screw center, and the housing plates at 17" wide. Are you sure the screws are 16" apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted November 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 16 hours ago, Shane Jimerfield said: BTW, I ordered a small one also, and the drawings say 14" screw to screw center, and the housing plates at 17" wide. Are you sure the screws are 16" apart? You are correct, I am not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 I ordered mine a while ago and am excited to receive it. Mr. Klein is working like 18 hour days the fill the orders on these vises after seeing how well packaged it is this makes sense. I've been following the journey on social media. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the vise. Are you going to put yours on the end of your bench or on a long edge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Chestnut said: I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the vise. Are you going to put yours on the end of your bench or on a long edge? MIne will be on the long edge. I saw on instagram (which I do not kmow how to use) that he has completed the assembly video and is in the editing process. Until then, mine lives in the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 I watched the installation video today and it appears to be pretty easy to install. I emailed Mr. Klein about not needing my mounting brackets and 3 hours later received a shipment notification. Have you had a chance to get your vise mounted and running yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 Got the vise done today. Will put the jaw liner material on tomorrow and will post pics very soon. BTW when you install the 2 vise screws be sure that you use all 4 bushings that he shows you in his hand and the 2 washers. I had missed installing one bushing on each screw and had to remove the lock ring to install them. Not fun. Using the handle to install the lock rings was a clever desing feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 hours ago, Ronn W said: Got the vise done today. Will put the jaw liner material on tomorrow and will post pics very soon. BTW when you install the 2 vise screws be sure that you use all 4 bushings that he shows you in his hand and the 2 washers. I had missed installing one bushing on each screw and had to remove the lock ring to install them. Not fun. Using the handle to install the lock rings was a clever desing feature. Ahh how about a pic or too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ronn W Posted November 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 Ok Some pics - kinda chronological order. All the parts (except handle and scrws) plus owner supplied jaw - will be 2 laminations Jaws prepared, drilled, cut and tapped using backplate as template.... Assembling the vise. Partial assembly and reassembly of some parts is required to get everything to aligned and synched with the mounting blocks on the bench bottom. Video explains steps well. I fliped over part of my bench top. Better than working on my back... I was very picky about locating the block. In reality there is a little room for small errors but why risk it. This photo showns the brass blocks and the steel block reversed - but not yet bolted in place. Used wood spacers. Drilled, tapped and bolted in place. Marc's wood tap came in handy. This is my own add-on. Block of wood that, in effect, extends the side of the bench bewteen the vise screws to below thecenterline of the screws. Should improve clamping ability and eliminate racking when a board is clamped vertically between the screws. The bolts will be recessd in the holes. The square notch is for the becn leg. The semi-circular divot was part of the scrap piece I used and doesn't do anything. Front view of the added piece between the screws. Bench top rigth side up and vise in place. Jaw liners not yet installed. There is more resistance than a single screws vise but Vise moves well. Slow speed is a little slower than my old cheap vise but acceptable. Fast speed is nice but offers more resistance due to the change in mechanical advantage. Changing speeds is easy. Slow speed allows more clamping pressure when you need it but fast speed clamping pressure is probably enough more most work. Working on the jaw liner...Maybe its time to clean and oil the bench top. Got a couple of marks from planing the jaw vise flush with the top. That's ti for now. As I use it I will add comments. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 Man that looks awesome. Seems like it was a pretty easy install. The jaws look far larger than your previous vise. I know Andy mentioned something in the install video about checking for resistance, have you done that? Mine gets delivered Thursday. I"m excited to use it. I'm going to have to figure out where on my bench I'm going to place it. My options are either in the middle or on the end opposite my tail vise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Wholly molly! This looks more like a clock than a vise. I need to look into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted November 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Chestnut said: I know Andy mentioned something in the install video about checking for resistance, have you done that? I did his resistance test. Mine did not rotate quite as freely as his. His handle dropped from 3 o'clock to 6. Mine stopped at about 5 o'clock. I played around with clamping a piece of wood and pushing on it. so much more holding power than old vise and with the liner on the jaw and bench edge its awesome. I tapered the face of the jaw as he recommended - 1/8" on the planer. Probably would have been better at 3/16" but it may loosen a little with use. That is base on my 2 7/8" thick bench top. The thicker your bench top the farther the mounting blocks wil be below the bench to and the more taper you may need on the vise jaw for proper full contact fo the jaw against the bench. I clamped a piece of wood in the vise in the far right 2 1/2" of the vise with the edge of the board about 3" proud of the bench top and stroked it with a smoothing plane. It did not move. There was almost no racking and any racking that was there was negated by the liner material. I put some of the left over liner on my other smaller woodcraft vise and it made a world of difference for that vise, too. I drilled 2 holes in the top of the jaw for myplastic bench dogs. I had to shorten the dogs because I did not want the holesto allow dust to enter t he gears. The depth of the holes are governed by the thickness of the bench so your results may vary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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