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Learn how to Hand Engrave
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Engraving Vises and
Turntables
Glide-Lock
Engraving
Vise
Additional photos and information at
Engraving
Forum.com
Lindsay Glide-Lock Vise, Features:
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Easy, solid locking for both tilt and linear positioning.
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Solid stainless steel construction (303 stainless and hardened 440C stainless).
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Silky smooth slide and lock.
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Locking mechanisms designed for lifetime of maintenance free use.
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Concentric hand placement turning location, made for turning the vise in a continuous motion.
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Designed for positioning with or without a microscope.
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Precision machined, ground and polished.
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Adjustable friction brake drag.
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Wide jaw opening of 4 inches.
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Reversible, removable jaws. Threaded holes in jaws accept custom fixtures or soft top jaws.
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Stainless jaws incorporate additional pin holes for fitting after market pin jaw sets.
Weight; 35 lbs.
Price and Shiping Date Pending
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BullsEye Vise
BullsEye Centering Vise, Features:
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Locking for both tilt and linear positioning.
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Five inches of linear positioning.
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10” solid steel disc that is nickel-chrome plated.
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Solid smooth rotation and a braking system to aid in rotation control.
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Designed for positioning with or without a microscope.
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Traditional ball vise jaws for fitting after market pin jaw sets with the addition of two threaded holes in jaws for bolting on custom jaws.
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Set of counter balance weights included.
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Weight 40lbs.
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Price $1495 (Pending release)
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Ray Letourneau Engraving Vise
Ray Letourneau makes a nice ball vise. It has a great deal of mass
at 45lbs. Ray makes these himself, along with a unique adjustable
palm push graver handle/holder that is the invention of master
engraver Robert Swartley. The vise is available through Ray at $625 each plus shipping, as are the graver handles.
Contact Ray direct
to order or inquire: (503) 397-6228.
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Review by Steve Lindsay
I had an opportunity to try a stand (pictured to the right) made by Shanna Hawk.
The platform is overbuilt, very ridged, with heavy gauge-welded metal construction and powder-coated. It is ideal for gun engravers who swing long barrels or for engravers
who engrave large or long parts. It is of course also very nice for smaller projects such as knife or jewelry engraving.
The Dulin-Hawk stand pictured to the right has a OPMI-1 microscope with a Lindsay Glide-Lock Vise mounted on
it.
One nice about working with Shanna at Dulin-Hawk is that she will customize the platform for each customer's needs.
The platform shown has a custom-shaped top made from a steel plate. In addition, microscope mounts are made custom for each customer's needs. The height of the platform is easily adjusted up or down with a pneumatic cylinder
and lock. I am impressed with the workmanship and design of the Dulin-Hawk Platform.
For more information contact
Shanna Hawk Moran
Phone 432-528-0646
Email shmoranz@clearwire.net
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Dulin-Hawk Hand Engraving Platform
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Engraver Bryan Bridges has developed a motorized turntable and patented
it.
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Smooth running
forward or reverse.
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Foot or hand
variable speed control with easy centering.
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Classes offered
for new machine buyers.
Bryan Bridges says it should be able to double an engraver’s output
of scroll engraving per hour with less effort, and that it is easier
to maintain top quality work.
Reading through the patent helps to understand
the concept of how it works
Patent 6,915,725
Contact Bryan Bridges for more information.
Phone: 480-777-3959
Email: Brysculp@aol.com |
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John Madole "Pilot Wheel" Engraving Vise
 John Madole
"Pilot Wheel" Engraving Vise
Maximum jaw opening 3 3/4"
Approximate weight 34 lbs.
Description from letter written by Mr. Madole:
"I use my vise on a turntable It is
never a problem with the vise moving while I'm engraving, but very easy
and quick to slide the vise by hand to get the part of the work piece
under center of focus Very little effort is needed to loosen the
threaded ring (pilot wheel) to tip the vise for positioning the work
piece. I bump one of the handles with a back handed fist or heel of my
hand to loosen and with thumb and fore finger snap the ring back to lock
the ball. I do this without taking my eyes away from the microscope. To
level the vise with the base, a spring loaded ball end plunger takes
care of that."
John Madole passed away Oct.
2002. He will be missed by a lot of friends.
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