Poor Man's Starter Vise

[JJ Roberts]

Here is a vise I made with a jeweler's hand held vise & a duck pin bowling ball. It was very inexpensive to make & it is very functional.

 

[monk]

cool stuff, jj. how does that compare to a bowling ball ?

 

[Chujybear]

cool stuff, jj. how does that compare to a bowling ball ?

Extremely closely, I would warrant ...

 

[JJ Roberts]

monk,The duck pin bowling ball is 5" in diameter & the duck pins are about 10''don't think most folks ever saw a duck pin bowling alley.This vise I made is light and easy to take to the gun show to do a demo at my table,when I was a young boy I worked at the bowling alley Saturday & Sunday setting bowling pins jumping between two alleys that's before automatic pin setter. J.J.

 

[tdelewis]

I can't remember where it was but I saw duck pin bowling on TV recently. The lanes were very nice and looked relatively new with automatic pin setters. The last time I bowled duck pins was 50 years ago or so. I was surprised to know there was a place where it was still a sport where people compete.

 

[monk]

thanks, jj. i have heard of those, but never saw such a ball. not many want to hear of such, but to this day i still use one for certain flat plate work. teho, i guess

 

[Dave London]

JJ
I have not seen a duck pin ball since the 50's. I also was pin setter boy. Had to be alert the some customers would try an hit the pin setter
thanks for the memories

 

[Hammer6]

Nice! So, did you pull the vise from its handle and drop the post in a hole drilled into the ball? And is that a garden tractor tire for the base? Is it sitting on a lazy susan so it rotates? (I know, so many questions...) Thanks for sharing!