Powerful vice using an old car shock absorbers! Unique idea 

Do you like this system?

Loads of comments saying why didn't you buy one for $30 etc... but I appreciate that you are using highly engineered car parts to make a better vice. Changes I would make? 1. (as someone else mentioned ) put the screw below the strut rods (google carpenter's vice for image). This will allow you work to rest without tilting. 2. make your lock nuts on the strut rods flush. You will do serious damage to the back of your hand if the vice releases suddenly. 3. Use a piece of pipe rather than a broomstick as a handle. You can easily snap that handle if you put your weight (~100 ft-lbs of torque) to tighten the vice and failure will come very suddenly with sharp pieces of wood.

This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection ru-vid.comUgkxkNYRBJuiJ6EwD-tQSAlxg0eFKsnR2cgz I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.

Very good video for several reasons : No back siily electronic music...no talking asking for "like & share "....no tiresome.. no boring adds ...good quality video.! Congrats!!!

I only got to step one. I have the shocks cut off my moms camry, but boy is she pissed.

Who here finds this satisfying... No BS just intelligence!🌚🚬🥃👍

This is the way to make videos. Being able to hear only the sound of the work helps you stay more focus on what is being done in the work shop.

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. I intentionally did not jump ahead and it wasn't until you began to screw it to your table that I realized what it was. Thank you so much for taking the time to create the vice and to upload the video!

I've been needing a bench vise. And I have 4 old shocks off my pickup. New project! Thanks for the idea!!

Damn I thought this dude was going to make a cannon or something gnarly... lol

Great job, well done. Brings back good memories. Built myself a vise using car shock absorbers over 20 years ago, worked very well for many years. Finally retired it in favour of a quick release vise. 🇦🇺

This is absolutely the best DYI video I have ever seen. I love the final result and learned at least 3 new tricks along the way!

"you want me to lathe you some handle stops?" Him: "Nah, I got a dremel"

That was actually a really cool idea.! 👍. I like that you took old junk shocks and giving them a new purpose . Great idea .

Just found your channel real cool talk about not wasting wood, I worked at Lowe's in lumber for 8 years if a customer had some wood cut if there pieces they didn't want I took it home if not it was throwed away. Those counter tops when come in they have some on the bottom the counter top with air staples ran thru them. I used the bottom ones make great work bench tops. One year they did a remodel talk about getting stuff new screws, bolts exc. from it. Nuts and bolts from the guy that assembled like grills and many other items every year get a nice box full of those. The year of the remodel I stayed after work took apart several 4 ft. florescent lights they had the cord on them just plug them in all kinds of bulbs, I love to tinker don't have all the nice tools you have. Like the saying goes One Mans Junk Is another Mans Treasure!!

great vid, thanks for not having horrible background music going, that was a blessing in itself.

This video did not only teach you how to make a wood vice, but how to precisely measure, drill and execute to a perfectly finished product done with your own hands. Good video! Thanks for sharing.

Ten minutes of my life I'll never get back

I watched use this vice on another vid and guessed you;d made it yourself,absolutely brilliant use of scrap parts.

Thank you for a Really Interesting build. I was guessing, until about 2 minutes from the End, what the heck you were making ! I was very impressed with your Editing. A 10 minute Video from what must have been several hours work, is a tremendous Skill. Like most Comments, Thank you for No Unnecessary Muzak, And an Special Thank You from me, for the Quiet Tools Sounds, as I was watching this in bed with Headphones on beside the wife, who complains about the Noise from my JVC In-car Gel Buds ! When they're IN I can't Hear Her snoring !! Anyway, Thanks again for your consideration of Noise, especially as I'm Deep Chronic Pain which causes Insomnia, so I end up watching a lot of these types of Video (reminders of when I had a Work-Shop and loved pulling stuff apart, to put back together and see How Many Pieces were Left Over ! ) Anyway, LIKED & SUBBED ! - Well Deserved for your Video work, as much as your Clever Idea and what Happens when Needs Must ! 👌👍🛠🔩🔨 5 🌟⭐★⭐🌟 🍀POD☘

This BLEW MY MIND. You are a genius.

Great idea for when you want to clamp woodwork without leaving marks you get from a steel clamp.

I honestly never would have thought of repurposing worn out struts this way. This would not only be much sturdier than the cheap crap vises offered at some big box stores but it is also an extremely creative and free way to repurpose something in abundance. Great video!

I really liked where you used the drill as a mini lathe. Very ingenious. And practical for smaller workshops!

The screw looked like it was too high should be a little below the guide bars to give maximum vise jaw depth

Nice never thought you could make a bench vise out of two used car shocks or struts

Awesome no talking no background music just working I like it

I'm more curious how someone gets a welder and a sand blaster, but doesn't have a table saw hahahaha

Fantastic & impressive..... Ironically he managed the whole project without having to use a vice! 😁

Excellent sound editing also. This is what's missing in many videos. For people like myself who listen with a hifi this doesn't go unnoticed. Thank you for that.

Make sure you get shocks from a high performance car. Your vice will be much faster :) Nice video

Up next: How to turn a carpenter's vice into car suspension!

So many tools and parts required!

That's nice if you have a multi million dollar work shop.

is it just me or do other people like the chisel sound when videu is sped up...lpl

Excellent Utilization of Used Shocks.

That’s great! So the used shocks don’t really do anything!

What a unique idea. I love recycling old things into new useful items. Good video

So you're literally just using the old shocks as linier guides. Okay, I'm sure it will function as expected for quite some time.

At first I was like, what's the point...until the end and saw how sturdy it is. Great vid and great idea!

You are a very clever person who takes pride in thier work. Keep up the good work👍

For 60 bucks you can buy the exact same thing and save the 300 bucks in labor invested.

Excellent job.God bless your hands

Medal earned🎖 for being a genius. Absolutely brilliant.

Nice build. Excellent way to make the jaws auto opening and give support to the ends of the jaws. Very inventive!

One of the highest quality DIY videos I've ever seen! Good idea for the strut vise, too.

You should counterbore the guide rod nuts, or you will wreck your knuckles on them. Great idea though.

Great craftsmanship, well done

great to watch something like this from start to finish. thanks for sharing your talents.

I thought this was a very cool reuse project might try it myself video was well done too. just mildly ironic you made the homemade vice with more high tech top of the line high dollar tools than I could count still a super cool recycle project

The video application you submitted was very impressive, particularly the speed at which you work coupled with your imagination. Santa would like you start Monday.

Not a bad recycle job. Kudos for you

once i figured out what it was i forgot it utilized shock absorbers. what do they do?

Beautiful wood working vise, great job.

Damn,I'm a woodworker and I approve this idea

Excelente idea....la voy a aplicar...Gracias

Thanks a lot for the video! See your idea and put my own twist on it for my work space... it works wonderfully!!!

People be careful welding shocks. They will explode if over heated.

What a great idea! I never would have thought of it.

Very nice indeed enjoyed the attention to detail for us watching, and the end result of the well thought out process well put together is a definite thing of beauty and evidently functionality.

Red Green would be so proud of you!

A good pull type shock absorber would be another good project with a foot lever to push down insert item and release, One does not need a huge amount of force to hold some things.

Not to shabby. Good work

All this time I've been trashing my vehicle parts. lol. Great video

Probs to the one who made this video! That's some decent (and a lot of) work 👌

I keep coming across these metal made vices for free, that attach easily to the sides of a table, so I don't have to go through all of that trouble just to build a table vice. 😁

Really fine work. Bravo!!

Great idea ! Impressive work.

Lot of work, nice results.

This really is better than most vises that come with purchased woodworking benches. Acme threads would have made it perfect, but what a headache to find the rods and nuts.

Handcraft: do not throw away old car shock absorber... Me: Yah! that'd be like Uncle Scrooge throwing away money from his bin 😯

Excellent travail, idée géniale et simple à réaliser, écologique en plus car cela permet de recycler de vieux amortisseurs...

Excellent idea and crafts.. 💞

Not my cup of tea but impressive none the less. Great idea

Warning: only attempt to do this project if you have all the tools shown in the video.

Those spade bits must have been sharpened with a rusty spoon lol

nope.......cant go with this one, he did a great job of putting it together, good video--- but looks like a huge waste of time for something that can be bought at a pawnshop, that will last a lifetime........someone mentioned the use of wood was not ideal.......I agree!

Excellent idea, craftsman ship and execution!

Wow!!!! I love your channel. Thanks!!!!!

I like it pops out nice an even with less force in turning backwards

Wonderful project. Cheers!

Nice job but that a lot of work to do for a vise. The average guy couldn’t do this.

Well done a great idea and one I will attempt. Thanks again.

Thank you for another simply Shocking Video! I'm totally shocked at your amazing ingenuity! :-)

I was curious as to what you were building, but it makes perfect sense. Nice job, very cool.

Great Idea, I would've never thought of that. CREATIVE PERFECTION👍👍

You are a genius and you do very nice and practical things! Kudos to you!

Excellent, thank you :)

Great idea. Great video. Thanks

I'm shocked: a very absorbing video. 👍Thanks.

Fantastic video,man.No horseshit music,excellent content,keep up the great work,thanks for your time and the video.

Not so cold on the hands in winter too :O)

Good Idea! Very smart.

Brilliant!

nice work, i'm for metal work but this is cool!

Brilliant idea!!

That’s pretty awesome!

Creativity at its finest 😍👌🏻

Great Project!!!!!

Good idea and nice work ! 👍 👍