Boat Workshiop Vice - Recommendations

[Tim Good]

I am making a workshop in my boat and replacing the top bunk into a work bench and then fitting a vice to it.

Has anyone got any recommendations as they seem o vary in prices so much! Record Irwin seem to to good middle of the road ones?

Like this:

 

[FullCircle]

How big a vice do you think you need?
I have a multi position swivelling one that has a G clamp arrangement to any surface from 10mm thick to 40mm thick (see table vice pic). Jaws are only 3 inches though - but I have yet to experience any job on board that this is not adequate for. I keep larger G Clamps and bits of mahogany plank for bigger jobs - they lie flat.

 

[sarabande]

about ten years ago, I bought a Z-Vise from an exhibition.

http://www.homeshow.co.nz/


Bonzer video here:-

http://www.homeshow.co.nz/

As sold by wandering Australians or Scots at exhibitions bcs we trust a foreigner trying to speak English, especially if there is a Swiss flag in the background..



I've used it twice, and it did the job properly. I guess that when I get afloat again it will come with me.

 

[Puggy]

about ten years ago, I bought a Z-Vise from an exhibition.

http://www.homeshow.co.nz/


Bonzer video here:-

http://www.homeshow.co.nz/

As sold by wandering Australians or Scots at exhibitions bcs we trust a foreigner trying to speak English, especially if there is a Swiss flag in the background..



I've used it twice, and it did the job properly. I guess that when I get afloat again it will come with me.

I have one of these on the boat! The problem is that between use, I forget how the wretched thing goes together/works which necessitates a repeat viewing of the YouTube video. Suitably inspired I complete the job, put it away reassured that I will remember how it all works, and then repeat the process!

 

[Roe]

I bought a z-vise from eBay for pennies and love it, much more versatile than a "proper one" and clamps 95% as well. It is slower to use though and if I could have a permanent bench set up, I would have a normal one as well. I bought a cheap paramo one from machine mart years ago when I was bashing cars, it's cheap but effective, not at nice as a record but not **** enough for it to be worth spending more money upgrading.

 

[nigelmercier]

I've got a Stanley Multi Angle Hobby Vice on my indoor workbench at home: http://amzn.to/1okYhz0

I can also recommend getting a cheap WorkMate and removing the stand and replacing it with a couple of wooden runners. I got one for about £20 in Aldidl, but this is similar: http://amzn.to/1qyiN47

 

[pmagowan]

You could build a vice into the bench which would make it more space efficient. You can buy the parts to do this online or there are a number of YouTube videos explaining how to do it on the cheap.

 

[prv]

You could build a vice into the bench which would make it more space efficient. You can buy the parts to do this online or there are a number of YouTube videos explaining how to do it on the cheap.

The result would be a woodworking vice though, wouldn't it? I suspect the likely jobs on a boat would be better suited to a metalworking vice, the kind that stands up off the bench instead of being flush with it. Especially if, having made the bench by converting a bunk, there isn't access past the right-hand end of the bench for a saw blade.

Pete

 

[cliff]

I have one like this http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalog/Quick_Vice_Hi_Tech_Resin.html does the business and is light weight. BTW it is Record branded

 

[ghostlymoron]

My wife's got a tabletop workmate (unused) which would be quite useful on a boat.

I've got a Stanley Multi Angle Hobby Vice on my indoor workbench at home: http://amzn.to/1okYhz0

I can also recommend getting a cheap WorkMate and removing the stand and replacing it with a couple of wooden runners. I got one for about £20 in Aldidl, but this is similar: http://amzn.to/1qyiN47