gardnesd Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Hey, It's the one year anniversary of a Roubo Bench build. Youngest of 4 is now 5 months old and it's cooling off in the garage. I've had my screw from lake erie toolworks for about a year also. Over the past couple of weeks i've managed tremendous progress on this install. On a side note the bench itself has been together for a while sans vise. Well, I've gotten the parallel guide mortised and glued. I got my holes drilled. Brass garter, check. Put it on the bench tonight and everything works fine except it racks terribly upon opening. No racking with closing. My question is: Is this to be expected for those of you that have this type of vise? I can live with it if it's ok. If it is going to be detrimental to the screw or the overall mechanism I need to know. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Again main problem here is racking upon opening. All else is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Which way is it racking? My leg vise sometimes sticks when opening, so that the top comes out while the bottom stays in place. I just put a little wax on the parallel guide if that happens, or just tug on the bottom. My leg vise is stable in the left to right direction. Maybe you can take a picture of how your leg vise looks when racking while opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardnesd Posted November 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 yes, that's what it does. it racks when opening very stable L to R. Will try some wax and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 If that's the case, then it sounds like your leg vise is behaving exactly like mine. I'm not worried about my leg vise at all, and I wouldn't be worried about yours, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardnesd Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Thanks, wax made it a little better. Found that i needed to dowel the guide to the chop. lots less movement now. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/10dYceXzxqd3jbB4_dF7JTPT22ve8oGewT_ptfXEsKs?feat=directlink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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