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Many years ago I built a workbench similar to the one Norm Abram built on New Yankee Workshop. That was during my power tool days. I mounted the front vise behind the front apron of the bench and used it that way for 30 years. Now that I’m a hand tool only guy (I use a shop vac and an cordless drill once in a great while), I use the vise a lot more. I noted that Paul mounted the vise on his bench on the front apron and thought I’d try it. I thought it might be another good idea like raising the bench to 38″ which I did to take the stress off my back when doing dovetails.
I didn’t want to tear the bench apart and remount the vise in front of the front maple apron. Instead I attached a 2×4 spacer to the apron using double sided tape. This gave me the opportunity to use the vise as Paul does. I’ve used the vise this way for about 6 months and don’t see any reason to go back to what I had before.
So, if you’re undecided, you could mount it behind the front apron and the add the spacer. If it doesn’t work out, it’s easy to take the spacer off and go back to the ‘old’ way. -
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