Now Available: The New Crisscross 14

In the works for a few years now, today we launch our new Crisscross 14.

The Crisscross 14 was developed to expand on the versatility of our Crisscross Solo and Retro. With arms that are 14" long, the Crisscross 14 occupies 5" less vertical space than the Solo or Retro and requires only a 7/8"  wide mortise. It functions nearly identically to our full size Crisscross, and mounts to your bench exactly like the Crisscross Solo.

Made entirely from steel and delivered with a lightly oiled finish, the Crisscross 14 was developed to fit in benches that are shorter than 30" tall, leaving more room for positioning your leg vise hardware. It works flawlessly with our Glide or Classic Leg Vise.

The Crisscross 14 is also ideal for use in the Moravian style workbench popularized by Will Myers. It will fit into the bench as designed by Myers without any modification to the plans.

For those wishing to mount a leg vise to an adjustable height workbench (such as a Noden Adjust-a-bench) the Crisscross 14 is a perfect fit, and allows the bench to be lowered as intended.

The Crisscross 14 is $79, and is also available with any of our leg vises and Benchmaker packages.

We're particularly pleased that with the release of the Crisscross 14 we can now offer our Classic Leg Vise with the 14 for only $289.

Order the new Crisscross 14 here. They are in stock and ready to ship.

Coming soon: Crisscross 14

We're putting the finishing touches on our newest product: The Benchcrafted Crisscross 14. 

This has been on our drawing board for many years, but it was a request from our Chicago showroom (aka, Jeff Miller Handcrafted Furniture) to make it possible to install a Classic Leg Vise into a Noden Adjust-a-bench. We worked up a prototype and Jeff has been using it to great success for several months now. It wasn't long after that that we also sent one off to our friend Will Myers to test in his Moravian bench. Turns out the Crisscross 14 plugs right into this bench without modification. Shorter benches will also benefit from the 14, since its a full 5" shorter than the Crisscross. The mechanism occupies just 14 1/2" of vertical space in a 7/8" wide mortise. Very compact. Performance is nearly identical to the Crisscross, in fact, the average user would not notice a difference. But for us, who live and breathe our vises on a daily basis, there is a slight amount of feel that differentiates the two mechanisms. In use, that is, when you're actually just making stuff, there is no functional difference. 

We don't have pricing quite nailed down yet. But even though the Crisscross 14 is made entirely from steel (not the less costly cast iron) the price will be a bit less than our standard Crisscross Solo. 

The Crisscross 14 will work flawlessly with our Glide and Classic Leg Vise, and will be offered along with both those vises instead of a Crisscross, if you need the extra space. We'll always default to recommending our Crisscross Solo or Retro, but if space is a concern, the 14 will deliver. 

Stay tuned to our Instagram @benchcrafted for more frequent updates.