Moxon vise, front vise

A type of clamp that you can create using two spindles is the „Moxon Vice.” This bench-top vise is inspired by a historical example. J. Moxon describes it in his book „Mechanick Exercises,” published in 1703. It is a portable, wide front vise that is moved using two spindles (in this way, it resembles the double-spindle vise from Veritas. However, the two spindles are not interconnected and are significantly smaller) and is secured on the workbench when needed. This makes it significantly higher than the permanently installed front vise and allows for clamping wider workpieces vertically. Due to its greater height, it is ideally suited for creating dovetail joints or performing other detailed work. Additionally, the movable jaw of this vise can be tilted using the two spindles, allowing you to easily clamp workpieces whose surfaces are not parallel to each other.

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