Big Tail Vise

Why this Thing?

I needed a portable bench with a dog and tail vise system for off-site hand planing etc.
I decided to make it very strong regardless of how much material went into it.
It's mostly printed in PETG for maximum toughness.
PLA has been used on sliding surfaces.
I designed my own thread which is rectangular in profile. Its bulky but hopefully will
not deform under load.
The project is ongoing as to assembly of the components - but the whole thing is there, every part.
I will make the Freecad models available at some point, i need to refine the model trees but I'm stuck for time.

The critical part design is mainly split parts sliced centrally to allow for clean threads with minimal supports.

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Revision B - 19/06/2026 @ 08:10

Added new model files :-

1) Tail-Vice-Spigot-Jig.stl

2) Bench-Face Jig.stl

Usage of the Bench Face Jig.
This is a simple layout jig to