Larry Jaques (vise)

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:43:35 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, Ignoramus24248 quickly quoth:

You may rue the day you bought a large, swivel-jaw vise from HF, but if it locks well in place, without the jaws turning, you're in luck. I took another look at mine and it's a 6-inch, not 5. The main reason I bought that specific vise was that it was very large. I could use it as a press for U-joints and it would take a beating as well. And for under $25 (1970s dollars), it was a good value. I'm still beating the hell out of it nearly 40 years later. It was my main bending jig for years, too. Speaking of which, I need to anchor that HF bender to a bench some day soon.

G'luck with your 5655.

With that big ole vise you have, just hold the bender in that. A piece of angle with one leg bolted to the bender & the other leg held in the vise. Unless you have plenty of bench space to dedicate some of it to the bender.

Bob

What about brushed vices? :-)

Harold

When it comes to vices, Larry is KING!

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:53:38 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "Tom Gardner" quickly quoth:

Tendjewberrymud, Tawm. You're not too bad at those yourself, Brushmonger.

It must be snowing out 'cause you guys sleigh me. Gerry :-)} London, Canada