Building a vise...

Since I still don't have a woodworking vise, I put it into my mind to just build one, from some wood I had laying around.

My tiny plane is a bit small to smooth about 36" inches wide jaws, after prepping them with my 15$ Jackplane 

Slowly getting better with using a handsaw. Still long ways to gogo to get it perfect

But sadly the stupid oak split after assembly, so it' yet again back to the drawing board

Thats were I roughly want to end up with.

Thats what we got so far after the latest frustration were off