Some of us were showing different shop tools on another forum, and I thought I might post my "bowling ball vise" that was inspired by Joe Keeslar in his Blade Magazine article on Silver wire inlay.
It's sort of my own interpretation, but the idea is the same.
I added a plate to the top of each jaw with additional hole in it to accomodate weird handle shapes, and even larger/wider handle materials.
The idea is for the knife to spin 'round and 'round and you can "chase" the wire inlay pattern with havind to go into strange contorsions and still remain square to the work.
Pretty cool idea.
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YEAH BABY..... THATS JUST AWESOME.<><
What a neat idea! :clapper:
Well I'll be, you literally meant bowling ball...
Nice, thanks for sharing Karl! :thumbsup:
Karl, I saw that article and think you adaption helps it out. Good going...tippit
QuoteOriginally posted by Doug Campbell:
Well I'll be, you literally meant bowling ball...
Nice, thanks for sharing Karl! :thumbsup:
Have I ever lied to you?
That is the coolest thing! how in the world did you cut that bowling ball? The vice idea is one I will use for my self. That is something I been looking for right there thanks a mil on that one!
A sawzall with a long blade.
More specifically, I built a wooden box around the ball, just an inch or two shorter than the height of the ball, and used the top of the box as a guide for the sawzall blade.
With the vice off that must real thump goin' down the lane. Probably hurts your score too :eek: Thanks for posting that Karl...tippit
That is a great use for a bowling ball.
Hey Karl does it make a difference what the bowing ball wieghs??
Is heavier better??
That is great Karl, It Looks just about perfect!!
I cut mine with a bowsaw handsaw, but the saws all would be easier.
I doubt that weight of ball matters much, they all are 12-16lbs, and then you put a vise on top. Mine is a small drill press vise as explained in the Blade magazine.
The way the ball sits on the ring (tire), weight of ball would have little to do with stability.
I found a round plastic trailer jack wheel chock, but a tire would work fine.
Dan
QuoteOriginally posted by tippit:
With the vice off that must real thump goin' down the lane. Probably hurts your score too :eek: Thanks for posting that Karl...tippit
I just out a bunch of vaseline on the flat spot and sliiiiiiiiide it down the lane.
Can't get the hook I want, though.
Those splits still elude me.
It's amazing how dense that rubber is. If dan cut his by hand, he can attest to it.
I would say the heavier the better.
From time to time you need to roll that vise over and if the vise is too heavy, it can pull itself over some.
The rubber tire works great as it has some "bite" on rubber-to-rubber.
I wish I had had a little smaller vise, but I really have no complaints so far.
Karl, with that monster vice you have you need a 20 lb ball! You could build an engine on yours!
Dan
I need to roll that ball waaaaaaaaaay over before the vise really has any adverse effect.
That rubber tire really bites good.
I just finished reading the Blade articals on inlay. Did not realize how little in the way of tools was needed.
After going through the tool boxs I found all of the tools on his list. The ball was taken out of the rifle target boxes. Now its just sitting down and learning how to do it.
Hope to see more tuts on inlays. I like the way it makes a handle stand out And add to the overall knife its self..
Later........Buzz