John P. McCormack

Tailvise Mechanism and Workbench

This massive carver's style workbench tail vise mechanism is available for purchase. It comes with a Czech-made Acme threaded bench screw, guide bars, mounting plate, dial in jaw adjustment nuts, guide plate and mounting fasteners. The tail vise jaw, vise handle, leather shock washers and a workbench construction drawing are also available for purchase. Inquire below.

The USS Hornet Workbench
Tailvise jaw, adjustment nut/ washer, the bench screw and the guide mechanism mounted below the bench.
The tailvise guide rails pierce the workbench base allowing great adjustment and are stiffened by a plate.
Tailvise jaw fitting: the nut/ washers are left and right of the Czech screw and parallel the jaw to the end of the bench.
Tailvise jaw adjustment, assembling the vise handle & leather shock washers.
Counterboring vise jaw for nut.
Tailvise mechanism from above.
Mechanism.
Tail vise jaw centered to mechanism.
Czech bench screw mounting holes.
Guide rods and washer-nuts.
Washer-nut adjusts on guide rod.
Washer-nut and mounting screws.
Stiffening plate mounts on guide rod flat.
Stiffening plate fastened to guide rod.