Zyliss Vise for Woodworking: Old Solution for New Adjustable Height Mobile Workbench
Zyliss Vise for Woodworking: Old Solution for New Adjustable Height Mobile Workbench
Zyliss Profi-King Plus, the Swiss made vise is examined.
This versatile vise may just be the goldilocks solution I have been looking for. Large heave wood and metal vise, which are permanently attached to the bench, do not serve my small garage woodworking shop well. I have a single bench that serves as an infeed/outfeed table, layout table, assembly table, painting and staining station, sanding station, and much more.
I need a flexible vise which can be taken on and off so the bench can serve the immediate purpose.
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I’m puzzling over similar things; small shop. I noticed that the husky moves as you work. How do you tolerate that?
I have a Zyliss as well. I use it frequently for all of the reasons you give.
Great functional overview. Thanks for the video.
I’ve been holding off on a vise because I haven’t found one that I like but I’m liking what I see now.
Great video! Thanks! I have a Zyliss vise I bought maybe 30 yrs ago. Been wondering how to use it again.
I have a shopsmith too liked the table
I just picked up a Z-Vice2+. Does anyone have the DVD? Or a link to it’s contents?
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I have one too but not yet the great idea of matching with an adjustable set up / outfeed table. The Zyliss I have I also use on my boat where my shop is even too small for a shopsmith. I did carry it back and forth and ended up buying a second one out of Australia. It makes great sense for someone already tuned to the brain work of changing out the shopsmith between functions. It’s a great tool.
I have an 11′ 11" x 11′ 11" woodshop that I built just small enough to avoid zoning scrutiny in Provo, Utah. My shop too is built around a Shopsmith, and I just upgraded to a 520, after a hiccough with my 510 headstock. This lead me to reconsider my shop layout for the first time in many years, and after watching this video, I am seriously considering copying you by switching to a Rolling Husky Adjustable Height Work Table, and a Profi-King deluxe vise set, from my traditional workbench and vises. My questions are: if I chose one of the Husky Tables with the two shelf option would there be enough hangover of the bench top to secure the Profi-King vise? How much hangover does the Profi-king vise require?
Yours is the original Swiss made one, so you don’t have to worry too much about it breaking if you don’t abuse it. It is the later not Swiss made "zVice2" that break under normal use.
Sweet! Wooden Shopsmith!
On the work bench I see you beefed up the frame a little
I’ve read, of the Zylis vise. I’m gunna look/read again.
Thanks.
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I could see using that with say a saw horse as well. Especially for those tasks that need done outside the shop when you need an extra hand. Very Versatile. Cool tool!
That Mark .5 is coming along nicely!
Very nice way to accomplish alot of different task with one table. Nicely done. Oh I see you are really moving along with the mark .5 model can’t wait to see you finished product.