« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: holding gun while working  (Read 15278 times)

Offline Joey R

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 707
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2010, 09:09:32 PM »
Well if there is an accident the wound would automatically be disinfected! :o
Logged
Joey.....Don’t ever ever ever give up! Winston Churchill

msw

  • Guest
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2010, 10:31:29 PM »
that's for true, but do you have any idea how difficult it is to get bloodstains out of a good bit of maple??!!

seriously, i use the two vise system, which works for me.  been lusting after a pattern vise, keep running across them in the Highland Woodworking catalogue; just gotta get the buck in one spot at the right time.
Logged

Scott Semmel

  • Guest
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2010, 08:02:52 PM »
Gave holding the gun while working a try last night (I keep thinking some change in tools or technique will make up for my talent deficit)...total elapsed time till I stabbed myself with a parting tool, less than three minutes. I am so envious of you guys that have real talent.
Logged

Offline rich pierce

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 19687
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2010, 08:13:21 PM »
 Before I built a bench I did a lot of work using a Black and Decker Workmate plastic vise on the floor and the rest in my lap or just laid on the floor on a piece of carpet.
Logged
Andover, Vermont

Offline Habu

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1196
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2010, 10:13:48 PM »
I tried carving a stock once while holding it on my lap.  The doctor made me promise not to do that no mo', something about having to put stitches in across an almost healed line of stitches made him think I needed to learn to be more careful.  I got a bench (benches) and a vise (vises, and vices). 

Logged

dannybb55

  • Guest
Re: holding gun while working
« Reply #30 on: April 29, 2010, 03:40:37 AM »
The standard smithing vice is a leg or post vice. The jaws are around 4 to 6 inches wide. There is also a smaller bench vice that clamps onto any handy bench with a clamp screw. These and a carpenter's bench are the traditional means of getting the work done. my big post vice has seen 150 odd years of use and neglect and I have kept it employed for the last twenty years from delicate file work to a nine pound sledge and a hot bar. It can hold a 4 foot barrel straight up without any obstructions . I bought mine for 65 bucks. A new one can be had for 1500 but they are never as elegantly forged. With constant use you can expect to get a hundred years of service out of an antique post vice. Does the Versa vice hold up as well?
                                                               Danny
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »