Quote Originally Posted by mbshop View Post
Ok, i see what you mean. Im a paraplegic using a wheelchair so my reach is not so great. But moving the items makes better sense.
I'm sorry to hear of your disability.

My design purposely places the vise back from the front edge of the bench so that I can rest my forearms on the bench to steady them while doing fine work on stuff held in the vise.

You may want to think about mounting a vise on the hook closer to the edge of the bench for easy access. In your design allow for easy re-placement of the vise if the first placement doesn't work as you wish.

Perhaps you would be happier with a vise base that clamps directly to the edge of the table. Panavise sells such a device (I have one) but they're vastly overpriced...

https://www.panavise.com/index.html?...eqskudatarq=19

It wouldn't be difficult to fabricate the same sort of thing from wood and a C-clamp.

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Bonus hint: If you make a bench hook, think about adding utility to the design by extending the front edge out over the edge of the workbench. Cut a birdsmouth into it and you have a handy place to use a fret saw for intricate cutting. This may require clamping the hook to the bench. My recommendation for a clamp is this HF model...

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch...amp-96210.html

All metal construction, easily tightened and grips like an anaconda.