How to Make a Wooden Screw and Nut

In this video, we dive into how to make a wooden screw for leg vises, wooden clamps, tail vises, Nicholson vises, Moxon vises, hand screw clamps and more.
Just adapt the size to fit your needs, the only limitation: your imagination

[raulaguirre]

Absolutely beautiful. Good job man. Thanks for sharing.

[Anna_and_Tiger]

👍🐯👍, the way the nut is cut is a traditional method. Good job. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[AlexEllis]

Hi Jimmy, how did you set out the initial kerf on the blank you use to tap the screw box?

[tomgatto]

Thank you.
I'm just getting into woodworking, and videos like this one are why I found an interest in the first place.

[transmundanium]

When I made my wooden screw I didn't use a router, just carved them with a chisel and file. Took a lot longer than yours, but it worked.

[mathquir]

Thanks I've been looking for help on that thing for long time it's really helpful man !

[WoodfulProjects]

There are few other techniques on YT but they require immersing the wood in oil for 2 weeks. This method does not require such effort. Well done! The final result is nice.

[ZygmuntKiliszewski]

Very good job, congratulations and best regards. Thank you 😀.

[sgnt]

Clever way to incorporate the router in making the screw threads!

[tewodrostesfagiorgis]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge we except more.
God bless

[chucksmith]

Yep, this is from the good ol days when you could go to the store and purchase Johnson Paste Wax!

[stephenmann]

Brilliant and very well thought out for a great result.

[chrisgriffith]

"I just made a dowel with a groove in it..." Well, that's a mystery!

[michaelheurkens]

If you mix the linseed with turpentine to about 50/50 and brush it on, the oil penetrates in to the wood more deeply. Let it dry before waxing.

[BobBlarneystone]

When drilling with a hole saw, if you drill a few relief holes for the sawdust to drain away then it will be easier. Try marking out you hole, and the drill the relief holes with a 1/4" bit, or maybe a somewhat larger one. When cutting the threads, oil or wax will help with lubrication.

[wickedwoodgaming]

You should leave the wood soaking in oil over night. Then when you cut the threads. You will get a way cleaner and smoother cut.

[fishhuntadventure]

Nice job. It would be cool, too, making a thread box (aka die) to make the spindle rod threads as well.

While I like metal acme screws just fine I have often thought of Mike Dunbar’s bench with its wooden screws and I think my ‘next’ bench will have wooden screws in the vises.
For 25+ years I’ve been using a barely 52” long cobbled-together bench made with scraps from a jobsite dumpster. The vise screw came from a shattered metalworking vise that a ski area shop was throwing out with an 18” piece of LVL for a jaw. It works but I’d like to remake it a little more ‘professional’ to appear commensurate with my quality of work. Nice wooden screws in a bench that doesn’t look like it came from a dumpster (ha ha!)

[brandonbreakwell]

but how did you cut the groove in the dowel used to cut the nut

[michaelheurkens]

I recommend using an olld wool sock or pantyhose for the final buffing. They will shine whatever you have made to a nice gloss and really sets the wax into the wood especially if you generate enough heat from friction while buffing. Cheers.

[theludonarrian]

Would be nice to see how you did all the steps like cutting the groove into the dowel and putting the cutter into it.