Benchcrafted Hi Vise Hardware

The Benchcrafted Hi-Vise is a valuable addition to any workbench. It’s a smaller version of the Benchcrafted Leg Vise that mounts on top of your existing bench. It raises your workpiece so it’s closer to eye level – great for detail work.It also allows clamping of awkwardly shaped workpieces that couldn’t be held in a standard bench vise. It can clamp workpieces up to 5-1/2″ thick and up to 5-3/8″ tall.

Read the Christopher Schwarz blog entry on the Hi-Vise.

Configurations

The Hi Vise comes in two basic configurations – standard and with the mounting screw.

The standard Hi Vise can mount to your bench in two ways, depending on how you construct it. The simplest contruction uses a batten on the back of the vise.It mounts to your benchtop using either bar clamps or holdfasts. If you have a workbench with a Benchcrafted Tail Vise , you can also make the Hi-Vise with a cleat designed to be clamped in the tail vise. Instructions for both configurations can be downloaded here .

The Hi Vise with Mounting Screw mounts to your workbench (or any other table) without any other tools.