Bench vice hardware, front vices, tail vices, screw spindles
Whether you're upgrading an old workbench or building a new one, you'll need vices. They can be shoulder vices, front (face) vices, tail vices, or any combination of the above, depending on your ideas!
We offer three product lines on this page:
German-made bench screws - front and tail vices, used by well-known German producers of workbenches. These are very precise, rugged, and obviously the product of generations of manufacturing experience.
Front vice hardware made in the Czech Republic - good quality and lower-priced. These feature rolled threads, cast-iron bodies, and precise double guides.
Combined front and tail vice made in Sweden - easy to fit!
Bore in T-piece for handles is not the same for all products. Make sure you choose the correct handle!
We strongly recommend that you do NOT begin installation until you have all the vice hardware in your possession.
Front and tail vice hardware made in Germany
Small front vice
Length, excluding T-piece, 360 mm (14-3/16 inch)
Spindle diameter 25 mm
Guide rod diameter 20 mm
Bore for handle 24 mm (15/16 inch)
Weight 5.2 kg (11.5 lb)
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Add wooden jaw
Large front vice
Length, excluding T-piece, 480 mm (18-7/8 inch)
Spindle diameter 30 mm
Guide rod diameter 20 mm
Bore for handle 27 mm
Weight 8.2 kg (18 lb)
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Add wooden jaw
Yoke for small front vice
(will fit only Code 300655 hardware)
These yokes allow precise parallel adjustment of guides, and the setting of initial tension to any desired level.
Will fit only the vice hardware shown above.
Screw type - hex head or allen screw - may change depending on availability.
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Quick-release front vice (face vice)
Length, excluding T-piece, 480 mm
(approx. 18-7/8 inch)
Spindle diameter 26 mm
Guide rod diameter 20 mm
Opening for handle 27 mm
Weight 9 kg/19.8 lb
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Make changes from large to small jaw openings without tedious cranking. The quick-release action is simple, smooth and reliable, is actuated by the vice handle, and requires no extra release mechanism.
Add wooden jaw
Heavy-duty front vice with chain-driven screws/guides
This front vice is also suited for lefthanders and can be mounted on the right side of the bench. You only have to turn the front cover after loosening 2 Allen screws.
Opening for handle 27 mm
Weight: 13 kg/28.6 lb
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Tail vice short
Length 350 mm
Bore for handle 24 mm
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For small or short workbenches
Weight 7.5 kg/16.5 lb
Tail vice large
Length 440 mm
Bore for handle 27 mm
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For full sized heavy workbenches
Weight 9 kg/19.8 lb
Installation of front vices is relatively simple and largely self-explanatory. Installation of tail vices is considerably more complicated. You should have some experience in woodworking before attempting to install a tail vice.
Rene B. used one of our tail vices in building his showpiece bench. Click here for a working drawing, pictures, and instructions, to give you a better idea of the project that you’re about to undertake. More helpful tips along with explanatory photos are available from Charles V. who also used our tail vice to build his workbench.
Bench screw for German and Scandinavian L-shaped front vices
Total length 400 mm (approx. 15-3/4 inch)
Bore for handle 27 mm (1-1/16 inch)
Weight 3 kg (6.6 lb)
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Bench screws and front vices made in the Czech Republic
Small bench screw
Total length 400 mm (15-3/4 inch)
Threads 24 x 5 mm (5/16 inch thread diameter,-3/16 inch thread depth)
Bore for handle 29 mm (1-1/16 inch)
Weight approx. 2.1 kg (4.6 lb)
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Large bench screw
Total length 545 mm (21.47 inch)
Threads 28 x 5 mm (1-3/32 inch thread diameter,-3/16 inch thread depth)
Bore for handle 29 mm (1-3/16 inch)
Weight approx. 3.4 kg (7.5 lb)
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Small bench screw for German and Scandinavian L-shaped front vices
Another picture
Total length 250 mm
Maximum travel 110 mm
Thread diameter 24 mm
Bore for handle 29 mm
Weight approx. 1.9 kg
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Large bench screw for German and Scandinavian L-shaped front vices
Total length 330 mm
Maximum travel 170 mm
Thread diameter 28 mm
Bore for handle 29 mm
Weight approx. 2.6 kg
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Small front vice
Total length 390 mm (15-3/8 inch)
Threads 24 x 5 mm (15/16 inch thread diameter,-3/16 inch thread depth)
Bore for handle 29 mm (1-5/32 inch)
Weight approx. 4.0 kg (8.8 lb)
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Wooden Jaw for small York front vice Code 307757
This wooden block made of beech with holes for taking the York front vice Code 307757 makes constructing a workbench even easier. The holes are located so that the top edge of the wooden jaw ends up flush with a standard 40 mm thick worktop. Since the holes are a few millimetres larger than the diameter of the spindle and guide rods, the height can be aligned exactly even if the top is up to 3 mm over- or undersized.
Note: Also fits the German-made small front vice Code 300655, but height alignment hardly possible because of thicker threads.
Hint: Screw the wooden jaw tightly to the front vice only once the front vice is fixed to the underside of the worktop. This lets you align the height exactly right up to the last moment.
Dimensions 356 x 90 x 60 mm
Weight 1.4 kg
Surface oiled
Front vice not included!
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Large front vice
Total length 550 mm (21-5/8 inch)
Threads 28 x 5 mm (1-3/32 inch,-3/16 inch thread depth)
Bore for handle 29 mm (1-5/32 inch)
Weight approx. 8.6 kg (19 lb)
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Note:
The circlip on one of the two guide rods stops the equipment crashing to the ground if you happen to unwind the vice completely. Only one guide rod is fitted with a circlip. One circlip will effectively prevent the vice from falling to the ground.
Wooden jaw for large York front vice Code 307758
This wooden block made of beech with holes for taking the York front vice Code 307758 makes constructing a workbench even easier. The holes are located such that the top edge of the wooden jaw ends up flush with a standard 40 mm thick worktop. Since the holes are a few millimetres larger than the diameter of the spindle and guide rods, the height can be aligned exactly even if the top is up to 3 mm over- or undersized.
Note: Also fits the German-made large front vices Codes 300651 and 300654.
Hint: Screw the wooden jaw tightly to the front vice only once the front vice is fixed to the underside of the worktop. This lets you align the height exactly right up to the last moment.
Dimensions 470 x 120 x 80 mm
Weight 3 kg
Surface oiled
Front vice not included!
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Press screw for veneer press
Make your own veneer-press frames or gluing jigs with these extra heavy and sturdy press screws. Screw 28 mm (1-3/32 inch) thick!
Thread length 330 mm (12-3/16 inch)
Threads 28 x 8 mm (1-3/32 inch,-3/8 inch thread depth)
Weight approx. 4.3 kg (10 lb)
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Combined front and tail vice made in Sweden
Combined front and tail vice from Sjöbergs
This vice is designed to be used either as a front or tail vice.
You can plan to use it on a new bench or retrofit it on an existing bench. The vice is easy to install and is very solid for that extra degree of clamping capacity.
Construction note: The wooden face block for the vice should measure 25 mm more in height than the thickness of your bench top. This bench vice is very simple to install with the screws supplied - it is simply screwed in place under the bench. The vice handle or tommy bar is supplied with the vice.
Mounting length under benchtop 320 mm
Mounting width under bentop 380 mm
Mounting height under benchtop 40 mm
Length of angle iron for wooden face block 400 mm
Maximum clamping depth 150 mm, assuming a 65 mm thick face block
Thread 23 x 4 mm
Material 4 mm thick sheet steel
Tommy Bar diameter 27 mm
Weight approx. 11.6 kg
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Tommy bars (vice handles)
Bore in T-piece for handles is not the same for all products. Make sure you choose the correct handle!
ANKE small handle
Beech, synthetic caps
Length 26 cm (approx. 10 inch)
Diameter 22 mm (approx.-7/8 inch)
This handle can be used only with the small vice hardware made in Germany.
ANKE large handle
Beech, synthetic caps
Length 31 cm (approx. 12-1/4 inch)
Diameter 26 mm (approx. 1 inch)
This handle can be used with the large German front vices).
VERITAS vice handle
Maple, wooden screw-on caps
Length 31 cm (approx.12-1/4 inch)
Diameter 28.5 mm (1-1/8 inch)
This handle fits all vices made in the Czech Republic (T-shaped handle 29 mm) and some German vices (if T-shaped handle 30 mm). Check the vice description before ordering handles!
ULMIA vice handle
Beech, wooden caps fixed with dowel (included)
Length 35 cm (approx.13-3/4 inch)
Diameter 27 mm
This tommy bar fits all large vice hardware.
Replacement Parts
T-piece T3
Bore for spindle connection 18 mm
Bore for handle 24 mm
fits code 300655
T-piece T4
Bore for spindle connection 20 mm
Bore for handle 27 mm
fits code 300654, 300651, 300653, 300656, 300650, 300659
Cast Iron Nut M32
for German and Scandinavian Vise Screw
fits code 300659
Note: M32 is the maker's code and not a thread size!
Base plate 68 x 68 mm
Pressure piece D1
for German and Scandinavian Vise Screw
fits code 300659
Nut cage for quick-release front vice
Encasing part
Fits code 300651
Nut cage for quick-release front vice
Half-round part with internal thread
Fits code 300651