My coopers bench broke this weekend and I was considering going the a single-free standing vice I have seen some bowyers use. WHere can one get such a thing? Pictures?
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Vises/ShopStand_and_Guitar_Repair_Vise_Set.html
this is the one I have. best money I ever spent.
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/ROY-CHRIS/00small67160328.jpg)
I made this stand.
Roy, how do you keep that shop so clean? Do you actually work in there, or is it just for show? :bigsmyl:
Dave.
Old Pix Dave. That's when she was brand spanken new. Ya otta see her now:) Looks like a 300 pound bag of Osage and Boo dust exploded:)
LOL. Sounds like mine. I'm always bruised from bumping into machines.
Dave.
Heck Dave, it hain't ah day in the bow shop for me without blood, bruises or splinters:)
QuoteOriginally posted by J.F. Miller:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Vises/ShopStand_and_Guitar_Repair_Vise_Set.html
this is the one I have. best money I ever spent.
X2
I use a wood worker's vice and also strap the stave down. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/bowbench.html
3 Rivers sells a thing called a Stavepress that looks pretty cool, I have been thinking about getting one to try.
Jack
Older whiskey and yonger women are enough vices for me.
x3 the stewmac guitar vise, none better
I have a stave press and I could be mounted on a bench or table or even a free standing post. I also have just a plain bench vice also.
I have a woodworkers vice on the end of my bench and have another board clamped to the bench that the limb I am not working on sits under. As I apply pressure on the limb any pivot is stopped by the board. Works well for me.
I like sitting and working outside.... Keenan's Stavemaster is not a vice but really saves the shoulders because of adjustable working possitions. I can put it in my truck and work on a bow anywhere :)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Stave%20Master/MulberrysplitandtheStaveMaster004.jpg)
Yeah Keenan sent me a brochure for that. It looks pretty comfortable!
Hey Coaster, got any more pics of that stavemaster, looks real cool. How wide a stave can you work on it, looks like it might be limited to narrower staves. More info would be great.
I made one for my hitch on my truck since I like working outside... cost $50 bucks in metal and six pack for my bro since he welded it up....
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x344/bowhntineverythingnh03743/IMG_0135.jpg)
Razor, PM sent
Mine:
(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj31/upnorthphoto/WEB01.jpg)
That is a cool vice, but it would be cool if you went into how you do your two piece take down....
Man that little hitch on the bumper of that chevy really squatted her down.. :laughing:
That's a slick vice, Virgil. And nice bow. But I have to wonder how often you smack your leg into that post sticking out of that drawer:) And your bench is way too clean:)
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
"But I have to wonder how often you smack your leg into that post sticking out of that drawer:) And your bench is way too clean:)"
:-)))
Actually never, the post is very close to the vise.:-)
On that bench I also make all my leather work so the shop as to be clean, and i'm also bit of a maniac. :D
Nice vice Virgil, must work pretty well judging by the bows on your site.