Vice verses Vise

[Timbuck]

For a while I've been interested in getting a Stewmac guitar makers vise, but with shipping to the UK it would cost me £240 plus import duty.
But I've been saved ..Axminster Tools here in the UK sell a very similar vice for £147..98. and I have a £40 Axminster gift voucher
2AAD38C5-6F85-452A-AE57-8EBF910A0916 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

 

[sequoia]

Which is which? The red one to the right looks better made and sturdier. Plus it has a wheel instead of crank handle. Axminster?

 

[John Colter]

That looks a useful piece of kit, Ken. Enjoy!

 

[chris667]

You can't deny a man his vices.

 

[Timbuck]

Which is which? The red one to the right looks better made and sturdier. Plus it has a wheel instead of crank handle. Axminster?

They are both made from identical castings..the handles are the only difference....*EDIT* I just did a bit more research and the Stewmac one is 1.3 pound heavier due to a wheel type handle instead of a crank handle, also they have fitted a thrust bearing to give it a smoother action. No problem I can do that to mine when it arrives .

 

[Red Cliff]

Here's a guy who liked the vice but not the price and made his own.

https://thedutchluthier.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/a-home-made-pattern-makers-vise/

 

[Timbuck]

Well it's arrived ...but now i'm stumped ...what can I use it for? all the pics show it holding a guitar by the neck or an odd shaped piece of wood carving and I don't really do guitars much and i don't do wood carving apart from ukulele necks and I have jig for holding them.

 

[John Colter]

I don't know what you might use it for, Ken, but if I walked into a workshop and saw one mounted on a bench, I'd be impressed. Perhaps that's what they are for.

 

[Timbuck]

I don't know what you might use it for, Ken, but if I walked into a workshop and saw one mounted on a bench, I'd be impressed. Perhaps that's what they are for.

You mean like Recording Studios with those 120 channel mixer desks for recording a guitar vocalist.

 

[Pukulele Pete]

Looks like a fancy cell phone holder .

 

[Timbuck]

I think it's time I sought help....I have this thing about vices...I already own 7 bench fitting vices and 5 machine vices...and I'm always looking for rare vintage ones on eBay...this is a video of the Holy Grail of vices "The Emmert Style Pattern Makers Vice" Some of the early vintage models go for £ £ £ £ s.
one here for 1000 USD

Large Antique Emmert Turtleback Pattern Maker Vise 1891 Nice | eBay

It looks to be in good used condition but is being sold as is untested. The jaws look to be about 18" wide. Overall its about 25" long not including the thin rod. The rod is about 24" long. The table mount is about 7.5" long.

www.ebay.com

 

[BrianMahoney]

I think it's time I sought help....I have this thing about vices...I already own 7 bench fitting vices and 5 machine vices...and I'm always looking for rare vintage ones on eBay...this is a video of the Holy Grail of vices "The Emmert Style Pattern Makers Vice" Some of the early vintage models go for £ £ £ £ s.
one here for 1000 USD

Large Antique Emmert Turtleback Pattern Maker Vise 1891 Nice | eBay

It looks to be in good used condition but is being sold as is untested. The jaws look to be about 18" wide. Overall its about 25" long not including the thin rod. The rod is about 24" long. The table mount is about 7.5" long.

www.ebay.com

Have you looked at workshop heaven, some nice vices including Emmert pattern makers

 

[Timbuck]

Have you looked at workshop heaven, some nice vices including Emmert pattern makers

Workshop Heaven ? I'm trying to stay away from any place with heaven in the name

 

[Timbuck]

Ok ..I had a look at Workshop Heaven ..some nice gear in there.

 

[BrianMahoney]

Ok ..I had a look at Workshop Heaven ..some nice gear in there.

Ill find something to treat myself to at Christmas

 

[Timbuck]

I used the new vice today to do a bit of roughing out of a neck blank and it certainly grips well without damaging the workpiece and holds rock solid while rasping.

 

[John Colter]

"holds rock solid while rasping"

You have my sympathy, Ken. I, too, find myself rasping a lot as I get older.

 

[Pete Howlett]

I think it's time I sought help....I have this thing about vices...I already own 7 bench fitting vices and 5 machine vices...and I'm always looking for rare vintage ones on eBay...this is a video of the Holy Grail of vices "The Emmert Style Pattern Makers Vice" Some of the early vintage models go for £ £ £ £ s.
one here for 1000 USD

Large Antique Emmert Turtleback Pattern Maker Vise 1891 Nice | eBay

It looks to be in good used condition but is being sold as is untested. The jaws look to be about 18" wide. Overall its about 25" long not including the thin rod. The rod is about 24" long. The table mount is about 7.5" long.

www.ebay.com

I had one of these when I was working out of a basement music tore in Akron. Stick with your vice versa...

 

[Wildestcat]

Ill find something to treat myself to at Christmas

They have the Liogier hand stitched cabinet rasps back in stock ...

 

[Tom Snape]

I splurged for the S-M vise a while back and I use it constantly for hold things I'm working on. I have a made some working platforms that I clamp in the vise, and can then clamp the work to the platforms in different ways. For example, a thick piece shaped like a uke body, with a long neck that clamps in the vise (sort of like a heavy duty solera). How it benefits me is that it brings my work to a better working height for me (less bending over).