Chamfering Edges of Vise Chops
2010.04.24
The vise chops were both a little tall relative to the top of the workbench. So I marked with pencil before disassembling the vises. I clamped the two chops together after marking a line about 1/16″ below my original marks. This should give me some clearance even after re-flattening the workbench a time or two.
The Hitachi saw with the EZ Smart Guide could not cut all the way through, so I finished with a handsaw. It didn’t matter that the hand cut was a little rough, because the next step was to chamfer the front of the top edge, using the Milwaukee saw set at 45°. The resulting chamfer was about 3/4″. I also chamfered the bottom edges about 1/2″.
The rest of the chamfering I did with the block plane, setting the attachment to approximately 1/4″.
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