This is my copy/version of a Waldron vise I just completed. My hours were cut at work to 40, so I had a few Fridays to make it. Gave it a test yesterday and it worked just fine. I'm looking forward to using it. Just need a nice board to mount it to.
(http://i42.tinypic.com/1i1b5.jpg)
:o Amazing craftsmanship.
Any plans in the future of selling any?
Nice looking vise, great machine work. What shop do you work at. Seems like most shops are slowing up a bit, we went a little slow during the last quarter, but since the first of the year we have been slammed.
Nice work, that's pretty sick.
Quote from: aszat on February 26, 2012, 11:48:33 AM
Just need a nice board to mount it to.
maybe some spalted maple, some reclaimed chestnut, or my most favorite reclaimed black walnut.
Thank's guys. I enjoyed building it, it kind of adds to the fun of fishing. My Dad made his own years ago where he worked. A fella at the machine shop there helped him out. I think he might had been the guy who got him into fly fishing. It took close to 30 hours so NewTyer1 , I probably won't have any near future plans on selling any since I can't wait to get back on the water. And to Robs_Seven, I work in Hickory at a shop called Williamson Machine. We slowed down in the last quarter and had to put money back into the shop. So the owner had to cut out the overtime. Were getting pretty busy now so maybe that will change. What shop do you work at ?
That is a damn good looking vise. 'c; ;D
Oh , by the way benben, I like the choices of wood, I'll probably mount it temporary on something cheap, then find some nice wood and work it up. I'd like to try something like chestnut. I've heard a lot about the reclaimed stuff since the blight destroyed the chestnuts, I've never even seen it up close. They say it used to make up most of america's eastern forest.
Almost forgot robs_seven, that rod you built was was some work of art.
Thanks bro buy that vise tops my shit. I work in mooresvill at a place called structure medical On night shift
Quote from: aszat on February 26, 2012, 23:14:24 PM
Oh , by the way benben, I like the choices of wood, I'll probably mount it temporary on something cheap, then find some nice wood and work it up. I'd like to try something like chestnut. I've heard a lot about the reclaimed stuff since the blight destroyed the chestnuts, I've never even seen it up close. They say it used to make up most of america's eastern forest.
Chestnut is some cool looking lumber and was the dominant species at one time. Not terribly hard to find either now as lumber. A lot of old barns were built using it and you can find a lot of reclaimed stuff throughout Appalachia. Apparently people can still harvest usable lumber from the fallen trees from decades ago that died, although I've never seen any marketed as such.
I read this book about a year ago which is a narrative of the history of the American Chestnut, interesting read:
http://www.amazon.com/American-Chestnut-Death-Rebirth-Perfect/dp/0520259947/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330345212&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/American-Chestnut-Death-Rebirth-Perfect/dp/0520259947/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330345212&sr=8-1)
Beautiful work aszat!
Chestnut would certainly highlight your craftsmanship; it is a wonderful wood. When I was a kid my dad and I would harvest the dead Chestnut for kindling. It was easy to split and just a few sticks would start a fire.
A good friend has spent his entire career studying the tree. He has plots everywhere and has identified some huge American Chestnut that never succumbed to the blight. He is a firm believer that the species will make a comeback.
http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/griffin/accf.html (http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/griffin/accf.html)
superb work on the vice.
The American Chestnut Foundation is working on a back breeding program to make an blight resistant strain.
http://www.acf.org/r_r.php (http://www.acf.org/r_r.php)
The missions of the various organizations are interesting. The dichotomy is obvious.
"The goal was to breed blight resistance from the Chinese chestnut tree into the American chestnut tree, while maintaining the American chestnut's characteristics." The American Chestnut Foundation
"This research makes possible the nut distributions from our all-American breeding program to restore American chestnuts to our forests. .........ACCF chestnuts are all-Americans from open pollination in several Virginia and West Virginia plantings." American Chestnut Cooperator's Foundation