Bowyers vice??

[michaelschwister]

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?

[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.

[Roy from Pa]

I made this stand.

[wood carver 2]

Roy, how do you keep that shop so clean? Do you actually work in there, or is it just for show?    
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

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:)

[wood carver 2]

LOL. Sounds like mine. I'm always bruised from bumping into machines.
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

Heck Dave, it hain't ah day in the bow shop for me without blood, bruises or splinters:)

[Gundog68]

Originally 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

[George Tsoukalas]

I use a wood worker's vice and also strap the stave down. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/bowbench.html

[Jack Denbow]

3 Rivers sells a thing called a Stavepress that looks pretty cool, I have been thinking about getting one to try.
Jack

[JamesV]

Older whiskey and yonger women are enough vices for me.

[Shaun]

x3 the stewmac guitar vise, none better

[KellyG]

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.

[razorback]

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.

[coaster500]

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  

[Cuban Missile]

Yeah Keenan sent me a brochure for that.  It looks pretty comfortable!

[razorback]

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.

[bowhntineverythingnh03743]

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....

[Keenan]

Razor, PM sent

[virgil.v]

Mine: