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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lee Slikkers on September 06, 2011, 02:54:12 pm

Title: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Lee Slikkers on September 06, 2011, 02:54:12 pm: Hey gang, I thought I'd share a few pics of my recently made Stave Vise. My main use for this is debarking and prepping staves prior to sealing them and hopefully for some of the gatherings so I have something small and portable.

The top piece is basically a knockoff of the Stave Press and I mounted that onto a pretty nifty ball vise type base. This is basically a ball hitch that is trapped on a pipe housing that has a locking/tightening lever on the side to lock down the ball. Once the staves are in the Vise I can swivel them around 180 degrees, flop them on their left & right sides and only have to open the vise to reposition the stave once to get to the underside (on sapling or branch staves)

I have been using it for about a week now and am not sure how I lived without it. Enjoy~

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Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: criveraville on September 06, 2011, 03:06:50 pm: Man that is awesome!!
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: osage outlaw on September 06, 2011, 03:08:46 pm: OOOOOHHHHH, I like it! That thing sure would come in handy right now. How wide of a stave will it hold?
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Gus on September 06, 2011, 03:12:01 pm: Yes Sir,

Very Nice.

Have a Stave Press, have to get it mounted yet... :)

-gus
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: blackhawk on September 06, 2011, 03:13:59 pm: About time you show that baby off Lee. ;)

Guys I saw it in person and its freakin sweeeeet. I didn't get to use it,but I could see its bombproof.

We Missed ya at flint ridge....you should've came down and brought that baby with ya and pulled some shaving s with her.

You wanna make another and do a trade with me??? What ya want/need?
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Elktracker on September 06, 2011, 03:22:34 pm: That is very cool Lee! I bet that works great!
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: swtchbckshtr on September 06, 2011, 06:57:17 pm: I like that good idea thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Primitive1 on September 06, 2011, 07:55:55 pm: I like it!...so, when will they be available!!! ;D
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Justin Snyder on September 06, 2011, 09:02:31 pm: hmmmmm I like it, I just hope it isn't a copyright infringement.
Title: Re: Modified Stave Vise (pics)
Post by: Lee Slikkers on September 06, 2011, 09:07:16 pm: Thanks for all the kind words guys. This is a "one & only" and I don't have the means to put together another one and as Justin mentioned, someone is already selling the upper part of the Press.

I followed the Stave Press design to a tee on the upper. The bottom half of vise with the ball joint is part of a vise I used when I carved decoys for some of the big shows, etc and it was great to be able to swing your bird 360 plus lay it on either side while I carved or painted. A friend of mine put this part together for me and went on to market and sell them to the carvers market so it too has a copyright.