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Bench vises have long been built around one assumption: the work stays put, and the maker adapts. AxiGlide inverts that. With full 360-degree rotation paired with a tilt base that moves from horizontal toward vertical, it creates a workspace where the object turns, angles, and aligns with far less interruption. The rhythm of making changes the moment you stop compensating for the tool.
AxiGlide offers free-spin motion for fluid handling, a 60-position indexed system for repeatable 6-degree steps, and a full-lock mode for rigid support during demanding tasks. The modular jaw system adds another layer of versatility, with options for flat, irregular, hard, and delicate surfaces. Starting at $398 for the Standard version and $449 for the Precision model, it positions itself as a serious upgrade for detail-heavy bench work where angle, access, and control define the outcome.
Mode selection is controlled by a three-position switch with spring-loaded detents, and a light flick is all it takes to move between behaviors. Free-spin mode lets the vise flow with your touch, the tilt base housing a precision-machined spindle that allows rotation without directional limits or angular constraints. This makes the AxiGlide a responsive rotary platform, ideal for drawing smooth curves, wrapping, winding, or any continuous motion that benefits from fluid rotation. Set it to a comfortable working incline, secure your workpiece, then rotate it freely back and forth to explore any angle. Whether you’re painting, carving, assembling, or simply inspecting details from different perspectives, the free mode gives uninterrupted access to every orientation.
When fully locked, AxiGlide transforms into a fixed vise system, creating a solid, single-position hold that delivers rock-solid stability for demanding tasks. The system can be oriented freely before locking, so you get a way to freeze any chosen angle. Whether it’s angled drilling, off-axis assembly, or precise carving, AxiGlide enables you to secure the workpiece at the position that best matches the task at hand, with uncompromising strength and confidence. VogueMech positions this as the mode for maximum rigidity when force or precision drilling comes into play. Lock the angle you need, apply force, and the vise holds without creep or shift.
Beneath the turntable sits a 60-position indexed disc, dividing the full rotation into precise 6-degree increments and engaging with a spring-loaded column. When the switch is set to the half-locked state, AxiGlide creates consistent tactile detents as you turn it. Each click corresponds to an exact angular step, delivering mechanical precision through touch rather than visual alignment. Precision becomes something you feel, especially in tasks that require repeating orientations, segmentation, symmetry, or mirrored alignment. The half-lock can also serve as a damping support for the turntable, making every adjustment feel controlled with no sudden drops, no jerky motion, and no repeating need to loosen or tighten locks the way ball joints demand.
The tilt axis is equipped with a preloaded brake that applies consistent pressure to the tilt shaft, providing smooth, controlled resistance throughout the tilt motion range. Together, the damping support on both axes makes AxiGlide a reliable third hand to hold something top-heavy while maintaining flexibility, positioned exactly where you need it so it stays there when your hand is off. No loosening, adjusting, and relocking; no interruptions in workflow. Just focus on the minutest details of your workpiece at any critical angle, especially when your hands are occupied with other tools. The tool becomes an extension of your movement rather than a step in the process.
The jaw system is modular and designed to expand the vise’s range across materials and project types. Standard equipment includes pin jaws that can be adjusted and reconfigured to better match the shape and needs of your workpiece. Pins come in three heights (10mm, 15mm, 20mm), each available in sets of eight, and you can place them where you need them for irregular or custom profiles. Add-on jaws are available separately and adapt to different materials and shapes: parallel jaws for flat surfaces, fractal jaws for irregular objects (a nod to MetMo’s influence in the space), aluminum material for hard metal parts, and PEEK panels for delicate parts. With a modular jaw system and possible future expandability, AxiGlide evolves with your projects, giving you one system that can serve jewelry work, hand engraving, circuit assembly, cloisonné painting, filing, model photography, and fine-detail finishing tasks.
The AxiGlide body is made from 6061 aluminum alloy, while key load-bearing and motion-critical components are made from 410 stainless steel. This combination balances structural strength, functional performance, weight, and manufacturing cost, ensuring the design is practical to manufacture and faithfully deliver in its intended form. The unit weighs 2,200g (4.9 lbs) and measures 150mm wide by 100mm deep at its base, rising to 135mm in height. AxiGlide is available in two versions: Standard and Precision. Both versions share the same material types, use scenarios, jaw options, core machining processes, and overall build quality. The differences come down to several specific upgrades according to VogueMech. The Standard comes in five color options: Gray, Blue, Red, Green, and Metal. The Precision edition is offered in DLC black and matte olive-gray, with additional mechanical refinements that enhance smoothness and tolerances.
The Standard edition starts at a discounted $239 for earlybird backers and includes the vise body, tilt turntable base, pin jaws with sets of 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm pins (eight of each). The Precision edition is priced at a discounted $279 and includes the same package plus a screw rod driver and upgraded internal components. Add-on accessories are available separately, including a screw rod driver for $12, parallel jaws in PEEK material for $24, parallel jaws in aluminum for $24, fractal jaws for $58, and PEEK teeth for fractal jaws at $36. Shipping costs vary by region: $28 for Japan, United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Canada, and Australia; $45 for other countries and regions. Buyers only pay shipping when the AxiGlide vise is ready, allowing VogueMech to provide accurate rates based on location and selected package. Production begins in July 2026, with all orders expected to ship by September 2026.
There is a generation of people for whom Hybrid Theory was the first album that felt like it was speaking directly to them. Released in October 2000, it arrived at that particular moment in adolescence when you needed music to be loud and honest and a little bit angry, and Linkin Park delivered all three in a single package. “Crawling,” “Papercut,” “One Step Closer,” “In the End,” four of the twelve tracks became radio staples, which is a hit rate almost nobody achieves on a debut record. The album went Diamond in the US and sold 27 million copies globally, which means a lot of people apparently had that same feeling.
LEGO builder Zihnisinir_61 is clearly among them. His LEGO Ideas submission recreates the album’s cover art as a freestanding 3D display piece, with the Winged Herald soldier front and center, wings spread, flag held high, backed by a grey paneled wall with the Linkin Park name raised in chunky extruded lettering. With the 26th anniversary of the album approaching, the timing feels right, and the build feels personal in the way the best fan-made creations always do.
Designer: Zihnisinir_61
Here’s something a lot of LP fans don’t know. Mike Shinoda designed the artwork himself, and the Winged Herald was a deliberate visual metaphor: the armored, battle-worn body representing the album’s hard edges, and the fragile dragonfly wings representing its softer, more vulnerable core. Chester Bennington described the soldier as the visual equivalent of what Linkin Park was doing sonically, blending aggression and tenderness into something genuinely new. That the band had to fight their own label president to even release the record, with Chester recalling they were “literally the last item on the priority list, below even getting the toilets cleaned,” makes the Herald’s defiant stance feel even more apt in retrospect.
Zihnisinir_61 captures all of that in brick form with real conviction. The Herald figure is built in dark red with articulated white wings that fan out from the torso using layered plates and angled elements, and the flag atop the staff is constructed from a latticed cluster of red bricks that actually reads as a tattered, wind-caught banner rather than a flat rectangular tile. My favorite detail, though, is the lettering. The “Linkin Park” text is built in 3D-extruded dark grey bricks, standing proud off the backing panel using SNOT (Studs Not On Top) techniques that give each letter genuine depth and shadow. It nails the stencil-graffiti aesthetic of the original without resorting to stickers or printed tiles. The “Hybrid Theory” text along the lower section is handled with the same care, rendered in clean printed-style lettering that anchors the composition.
The overall color palette, cool greys for the backdrop, dark red for the Herald, white for the wings, sticks faithfully to the source material while translating naturally into LEGO’s parts library. The build reads immediately from across a room, which is exactly what good album art does.
The MOC is currently gathering votes on the LEGO Ideas platform, where fan submissions need 10,000 supporters to trigger an official review by LEGO’s internal team and a shot at becoming a real retail set. You can head to the LEGO Ideas page here to cast your vote.
The Byron Bay by Removed Tiny Homes is not that version. Built by the Brisbane-based builder that has quietly become one of Australia’s most talked about names in the tiny home space, this model is as generous as the coastal town it’s named after. It arrives with two loft bedrooms, a full galley kitchen, and a layout that manages to feel more like a considered home than a scaled-down one.
At 8.4 metres long, 2.5 metres wide, and 4.3 metres tall, the Byron Bay sits at the larger end of what road-legal tiny homes can offer. That scale is put to work immediately. The two upstairs lofts are connected by a full standing height walkway, which sounds like a small detail until you realise how much it changes the experience of moving through the space. There is no crawling, no hunching, no reminder that you made a trade-off. The lofts feel like actual bedrooms, not storage shelves with pillows on them.
Downstairs, the open-plan living area is anchored by a large kitchen fitted with a picture window. Light moves through the interior in a way that makes the 33 square metres read closer to double that. The design team at Removed has clearly thought hard about storage, building it into nearly every surface without letting it dominate the aesthetic. The result is a home that feels edited rather than cluttered.
What makes Byron Bay particularly compelling right now is its off-grid capability. Recent builds leaving the Removed factory have been fully off-grid spec, designed for families planting themselves on rural land or lifestyle blocks far from the grid. For a generation priced out of the traditional housing market, that combination of mobility and self-sufficiency is not a novelty. It is a strategy.
Removed Tiny Homes describes Byron Bay as ideal for families, and you can see why it has become one of their most requested models. Two sleeping spaces, serious kitchen infrastructure, and a layout that prioritises flow rather than function alone. Starting from US$104,000, it positions itself as a genuine alternative to a first home, not a weekend experiment.
Byron Bay does not try to convince you that less is more. It just builds the space well enough that you stop counting square metres and start thinking about where to put it.