I'm looking for ideas relative to methods to hold green wood while carving/shaping it. There is no room for a dedicated bench so whatever I do will need to be modular and attach to the 80/20 cart or worksurfaces much yapped about over here. Somehow I need to leverage the 1515 frame and/or 20/96mm MFT top (to be added soon):



I have this for chopping and heavy work:



I've been collecting random flotsam, driftwood from the beach and green wood out in the pine barrens. Today's project is a bow saw.

Would appreciate any ideas or insight anyone can provide.

Thanks.

RMW

That small parts vise is interesting. I wonder how well an all aluminum version would work.

Here's another idea that would give you what you're looking for, and your 80/20 bench would allow for a solid attachment. Drill two holes through one of the jaws of a large hand screw and bolt it to the bench top extrusion, it would work in the same fashion as the shaving pony, but take up less storage space - a big plus in a small shop - when you're not using it. They make some pretty large hand screws, but it would be easy enough to buy the hardware and a couple of chunks of hard maple and make your own if you needed longer jaws or something custom. Plenty of articles out there on making your own, dead easy if you start out with the correct hardware.

The setup shown by Cheese, soft Bessey vise jaws on big machinist vise on mft facsimile, would be perfect for the tasks you show.

Have you looked into Triton’s super jaws model SJA200? I don’t have one but the people that I see online that use them seem to love them. It’s not a small little thing that you can incorporate into your workbench but it is portable and folds up for easy storage.

Very nice Richard, what wood is that? Almost looks like Yew from the raw stock I see laying in the back.

Years ago I saw a commercial saw like this in aluminum made to break down and pack that the center cross piece had a slot to store the blade in so the teeth were not exposed. Might have been in Cabela's but not sure.

Thanks for the suggestions. I do have a Parrot-style vice that I need to get mounted, totally forgot until now that I could use that with soft jaws.   

Also found these jaws when looking into soft jaws for the Parrot:



Probably the best solution, in conjunction with regular soft jaws & the duck clamps & dogs.

@Bob D. - I acquired the wood while banging around out in the Pine Barrens & thought it was cedar but it's tons harder than I expected.  Following a fast consultation with the Oracle I don't think Yew is native here, will have to research it better.

RMW

Now that's a chunk of cedar!

I have no idea what the wood is, as noted it's harder than I anticipated so my inclination is it's not cedar. Need to get a better look at the trees next time I'm out in the pines. I Googled "upright Yew" but the results didn't help, everything showed bushes, but it may very well be Yew.

RMW

OK on cedar, lots of that around South Jersey. I have a 3 thick x 22 x 74" thick slab
I plan to make a table top from.

I think the twist in the piece and the bark is what made me think it might be from an upright Yew.