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28 Oct

New Slotted Bearing for VX20F Face Vise

We have added the new slotted bearings for the VX20F face vise. The slotted bearings are an option to make it easy to create a close fitting slot to help reduce vertical racking with the VX20F face vise.  Vertical racking occurs when you clamp your work above the clamp shafts. If the clamp shafts fit very loosely to the front jaw then the jaw will try to pivot out at the top creating poor clamping. When you clamp work [...]

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24 Oct

New Rear Bearing for the VX20W Wagon Vise

We have changed the design of the rear bearing for the VX20W wagon vise. The old style rear bearing used the front bearing from the VX20 vise mounted to a sturdy angle bracket. While the old designed worked well the new design has a few advantages. It is similar to an industrial style pillow block bearing and is made in one piece out of solid Delrin. It takes up less space than the old style angle bracket and is [...]

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17 Oct

Welcome to the New Website!

After struggling with our previous website for so long we have finally launched a completely new site that fixes the numerous problems we had with the old site. All of the videos are now available on the gallery tab and we also have pictures of vises and benches on that tab as well. We were having trouble with the download of the directions but that has been fixed on the new site. We hope you like the new website [...]

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12 Mar

New 5 Inch Diameter Handwheel for Wagon Vise

We have finally added the 5" handwheel to the website. This smaller handwheel is specifically for the wagon vise and is just like the larger 8" diameter wheel used with the VX20 leg vise and the VX20F face vise. The 5" handwheel comes with a quick release pin with a large split ring and also includes a smaller split ring which is less obtrusive. The large 8" handwheel shown above also now includes the smaller split ring which may be installed [...]

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25 Dec

Additional Information on the VX20W Wagon Vise

I have received many comments and questions about our new wagon vise. This might turn out to be our most popular vise! The dog block for the VX20W vise mechanism simply bolts to the side with four 1/4" diameter hex head cap screws that are counter-bored into the dog block. It is designed for a 1-3/4" thick dog block but a thinner dog block may be used if you substitute shorter bolts (the dog block pictured is 1-3/8" thick). A [...]

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07 Dec

Say Hello To The New VX20W Wagon Vise

  We are really excited to show the first images of the new VX20W quick action wagon vise. I wish this new vise was not hidden under the bench because I think it looks pretty cool! We have made a lot of refinements and improvements with this new vise. The housing is very small and is totally enclosed to keep the sawdust out.   The four bolts protruding from the side of the housing are used to mount the wooden dog block [...]

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16 Oct

The New VX20F Face Vise

  The new VX20F face vise has many new features based on customer feedback and retains the quick action clamping with no racking just like the previous vise. It has a totally enclosed housing to protect the mechanism from sawdust and shavings and is completely assembled. The VX20F will be sold as the vise hardware itself with the handles sold separately to allow the customer to customize the vise as desired. The vise pictured is a production intent prototype. The production [...]

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10 Sep

New Rack Bar

  The improved face vise will feature a new rack bar which will replace the old style transfer bar. This is just the bar that connects the two vise mechanisms. The new rack bar is actually two separate parts joined together with slots and bolts. This arrangement allows the rack bar to adjust infinitely to whatever clamp shaft center to center spacing you have. Additionally, this adjustability allows the two clamping mechanisms to be very precisely synchronized for very quick [...]

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07 Aug

We Can Do Threads Too!

  We are known for our screw-less vises but that doesn't mean we can't do threads. One of the improvements we are doing is adding threaded knobs to our handles! This is a little more work for us but it will be worth it. The threaded knobs will end problems with wood movement causing the knob to come loose. Our threads are precisely machined for a very close fit and we have added leather bolsters which serve two purposes. They [...]

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19 Jun

Change is Coming

We have been busy at work in the research and development laboratory at Hovarter Custom Vise. We are so far along in the development of some exciting new products that we have decided to stop producing the old version of the face vise and wagon vise to give us time to begin producing the new versions. Although we can’t disclose all of the details of the new vises we can give you some general information. Face Vises: The quick action [...]

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