Thread: carving vices

have posted this one before nz,
cheap and easy to make and bolts onto your superjaws
WHAT??......you don't have superjaws?? a must have IMO

Originally Posted by underfoot

you don't have superjaws?? a must have IMO

..slow down , Undy-and tell the story as for a six-yaear-old... so even I get it.OK, I understand how that ball works, but not how do you fix it so it doesnt move when you nit that big gouge with the mallet?

..NZ, I use a carvers screw....so far

no super jaws ar to low to the ground
im looking for one i ccan stick on the bench

nice work underfoot

Originally Posted by Artesano

..slow down , Undy-and tell the story as for a six-yaear-old... so even I get it.OK, I understand how that ball works, but not how do you fix it so it doesnt move when you nit that big gouge with the mallet?

Try here for more details

Thanks! I like the idea , now all I need is a ... workshop -not sure about hot glue - I will probabli fix the work with my carvers screw to some piece of wood, and then bolt that piece to the ball

Originally Posted by Artesano

-not sure about hot glue -

I should have mentioned that most of the roughing out for larger pieces is done in the superjaws with soft wood jaws, (pic)
by the time I hot glue the piece to the ball most of the really heavy stuff is done,
but you can still give the piece a decent workout with mallet and chisel,the arbortech, die grinders etc, the hot glue so far has never released before I wanted it to.

oh yeah, another thing I use a lot for holding odd shaped pieces with hot glue is a profile gauge, another must have IMO,
I'll take some pics and post them this arvo

Hi, Underfoot, hows the surf?

Nz_carver , if the superjaws is too big, have you seen the latest carving vice from Kelton http://www.kelton.co.nz/carvers_jig.html

The design is great, well worth a look, I can't fault mine.

na dont like them

Fussy B....

Originally Posted by INVENTOR

Nz_carver , if the superjaws is too big, have you seen the latest carving vice from Kelton http://www.kelton.co.nz/carvers_jig.html

The design is great, well worth a look, I can't fault mine.

Looks great Inventor! Being able to set the work on horizontal or vertical is a big step up.

Originally Posted by underfoot

oh yeah, another thing I use a lot for holding odd shaped pieces with hot glue is a profile gauge, another must have IMO,
I'll take some pics and post them this arvo

oops, forgot about these
push gauge down on piece, mark line on scrap wood, cut out and hot glue to piece,
clamp in vice, and carve.
to remove, hit with hammer , ( the scrap bit, not the carving)
and remove leftover hot glue with chisel, voila!

Originally Posted by clare

Looks great Inventor! Being able to set the work on horizontal or vertical is a big step up.

Yes Clare, while I can understand that carving jigs are not everyones cup of tea, believe me a lot of thought and design went into this one. The amount of postions are unlimited ( from vertical to up side down in one action) and everwhere in between. It really is unique. And the ball locks very solid.

Hello Underfoot, where did you buy the profilemaster, it looks bigger than most and better, somewhere in Coffs?

ok sad news i was at carba tec today and i cant get the vice im after till feb 09
so looks like im going to get a superjaws now