Record 52e Woodworkers Vice
Sourced a second hand vice from ebay and took the mechanism apart ready for installing.
Rear vice jaw fitted flush to the workbench crossmember.
Fitted the front jaw mechanism and added a large jaw face made from solid oak floorboards glued together.
Record No. 5 Engineers Vice
Another ebay addition to the bench is the Record No. 5 Engineers Vice bolted to the workbench.
Tool holder
I added a simple toolholder which is basically a strip of wood going the length of the workbench with lots of varying size holes to store screw drivers and router bits etc. This also helps stop things falling off the back of the worktop.
Height & Castors
When I decided to re-arrange the garage I found the workbench almost impossible to move. For a long time I also found the workbench a tad high as it was initially designed from the perspective of a woodworker (i.e. good height to plane boards). The it dawned on me, hey, I don't actually do any planing and what I really want is somewhere to do some occasional routing and assemble larger stuff like my DIY speaker projects.
I thus proceeded to chop the bottom parts of the workbench legs and drilled some holes for castors while I was at it. Now if I want to move the workbench I can lift each end with a car jack and slot in these 200Kg rated 80mm Nylon castors, then remove them once I've got it into place.
