Rim vice build

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Hey everyone! I recently built myself a rim vice, I made a video of the process. Hope you enjoy!

For anyone who doesn’t know, a rim vice is for clamping an acoustic in its side, by clamping only the outside of the guitar.


https://youtu.be/9_BQktLDBiY


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Daniel d’Entremont
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[BradHall]

Daniel, nice job on the vice. I especially liked your process in building the hand cranks. Very clever. I think looping your leather straps below the guitar body would be good insurance against dropping the body through to the floor.

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Thanks brad! I plan to add an adjustable bottom to it. Something that goes up and down below the guitar.

The handles work decently well, but a crank with an off cantered handle would be better I think, they are slow to use. I might modify them.

d’Entremont Custom Guitars
Daniel d’Entremont
Luthier & YouTuber

dentremontguitars.com

YouTube: TheRealDanielJ
Facebook: d’Entremont Guitars
Instagram: @danieldentremont

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Here is an image of it in use for anyone who doesn't want to watch the video.

[ruby50]

A piece of pipe insulation on each of the threaded rods would reduce the pucker factor a little when you put a instrument in it. Also - that looks like pretty thick plywood to not put pressure on the high spots of the top and back. Ingenious

Ed

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Originally Posted by ruby50

A piece of pipe insulation on each of the threaded rods would reduce the pucker factor a little when you put a instrument in it. Also - that looks like pretty thick plywood to not put pressure on the high spots of the top and back. Ingenious

Ed

Good idea about the insulation. Also would prevent digs. The plywood is 3/4” thick.

[printer2]

I have pipe clamps going through the bench, I make a rough adjustment with the sliding back claw clamps and then fine adjust with the clamp screws. If need be I can still pull the clamps and use them on projects not near the bench.



Excuse the mess. My overflow bench. Notice you can still work on the last two inches.

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Originally Posted by printer2

I have pipe clamps going through the bench, I make a rough adjustment with the sliding back claw clamps and then fine adjust with the clamp screws. If need be I can still pull the clamps and use them on projects not near the bench.



Excuse the mess. My overflow bench. Notice you can still work on the last two inches.

That’s a great design too, love how you can move it quickly. When I learnt to build guitars they had a tool like that.

[Rudy4]

Good solutions. I made up a similar one myself. If anyone wants the particulars you can find my "Makeshift Moxon Vise" on the Highland Woodworking website.

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/...rking-tip.html

[charles Tauber]

Those look like good solutions.

One of the solutions that I use is based on the Larrivee-style "Troji" : https://www.canadianluthiersupply.com/products/troji

There are plans for one here: https://app.box.com/s/1h0r6vzsvm

This isn't the one I made - it was made by "Ben-had" here on the forum - but mine is very similar to this, also placed on a WorkMate, using its "jaws" to clamp the guitar.

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Originally Posted by Rudy4

Good solutions. I made up a similar one myself. If anyone wants the particulars you can find my "Makeshift Moxon Vise" on the Highland Woodworking website.

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/...rking-tip.html

Looks good!

[d’Entremont Custom Guitars]

Originally Posted by charles Tauber

Those look like good solutions.

One of the solutions that I use is based on the Larrivee-style "Troji" : https://www.canadianluthiersupply.com/products/troji

There are plans for one here: https://app.box.com/s/1h0r6vzsvm

This isn't the one I made - it was made by "Ben-had" here on the forum - but mine is very similar to this, also placed on a WorkMate, using its "jaws" to clamp the guitar.

Very interesting! I might need to make one of those myself!