Finished Bowling Ball Vise

peter nap

peter nap

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I finished this the other day and told B. Bump I'd post it.

The vise is one I made a year or so ago and added on to over time. It has swivel jaws and arms for holding longer objects including a knife fixture just like the ones everyone showed a while back.

The swivel fixture is the same one I showed a week or so back but now with the cinches and a truck bed liner finish.

Inside, it is filled with concrete to the height of the ball.

I flattened the top of the ball with an angle grinder and man....did it stink.

So here it is, ready for use! :rolleyes:

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Don I'd like to see more of the clamp that holds the ball in place. I like this idea a lot. I've been doing some filework this morning and feeling the effect of all the contortion required to get to it... I'm not as flexible as I once was. :rolleyes:
 
Not much to it Dave. two angle irons bolted on to the sleeve. The sleeve is a piece of the same pipe, slit down th side and slipped over the first pipe.

A piece of 1/2" all thread with the center turned for smooth operation and a tool wheel I had.

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Don; I posted at the same time you did. Nice setup, I have a bowling ball out in the backyard so I can do one up. Thanks. :D
 
"Monster Panavise"! Yeah, that's it! :D I think I can find a cheap bowling ball at a local used sports store, may have to use some of my days off next week to do a little shopping. Thanks Don, this is a great tool. Now I just gotta figure out where I'm going to put mine...
 
Thats just too cool Don. MAn I bet I could have fun rumaging through your junk heap ;)
 
Mark Williams said:
Portagee squirrel bowling Don ?
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You are close. I have it hanging from a limb and when the Treerats run up my butternut tree I let it go and instant mashed Treerats. I am going to freeze drying them for that OLE REDSKIN TREERAT EATER. :barf: :barf: :D
 
wow....I want to shake its hand.....seems to have a life of its own.

Neat in an arsty-fartsy way too!
 
tom mayo said:
next time use a flycutter to flatten the top and you wont stink your shop up so bad!!! :D
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That's a great idea too. I was going to suggest slicing the end off with a horizontal band saw. :p

Hey Don, can we get a pic of the vise with a purty bikini-clad blonde posing with it? :cool:
 
I'd seen an engraving block made of a bowling ball somewhere...
I'm going to mill a slot across one of my old bowling balls and drop a machinist's vise almost flush into the slot, drill a bunch of holes in the top of the jaws for pins/fixtures. I'll make it so it will re-center the work in the slot. A pottery wheel type mount, so I can turn it hands-free, maybe.
I guess I'd better get to making some knives first, huh? :rolleyes:

Howie
 
indian george said:
You are close. I have it hanging from a limb and when the Treerats run up my butternut tree I let it go and instant mashed Treerats. I am going to freeze drying them for that OLE REDSKIN TREERAT EATER. :barf: :barf: :D
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I heard that, Mr. Rascal! Don, that's really cool, and so are your pictures. I have a wood carver pal that has been suggesting I build one of those like yours. He had one in his studio.
 
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