Re: [CR]Vises

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

From: "flying_scot" <flying_scot@btopenworld.com>
To: "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
References: <BC09C13C.32BC%mail@woodworkingboy.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vises
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:36:30 -0000


Dennis wrote aboute Record vices ;
> Aerodynamic design too, not clunky like the Records.

It's engineering not art (where have I heard that before) ? sorry that should be science - mind you aerodynamics lets the hot air flow past quicker !

and;
> Do Records have interchangable jaws for switching betwen metal and wood?

Yes - even in the smallest sized vices.... And as engineering apprentices we got taught how to (a) make your own 'soft' jaws in brass, alloy (aluminium) and in fibrous block material and (b) how to shim up and out all that wear.

And the biggest vice crimes Don Johnson never investigated ?

Using the jaws as anvils (when there's a perfectly good anvil provided at the back), overtightening - having once worked with an idiot who prided himself at having busted the jaws twice... and lastly, forgetting to lubricate the slides and screw thread.....

Classic content ?

How much more classic do they get ?

Best regards for the season,

Bob Reid
Stonehaven
Scotland