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Title: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: Adam Keiper on May 11, 2008, 11:01:00 AM
I'm considering sinking a post in concrete in my backyard with a machinist's vise mounted on top, to work on bows outside when the weather is nice.  Anyone else keep a vise outdoors?  Will it remain in good condition?  Of course, I'd have to find a decent cover for it, and I imagine you have to keep it sprayed down frequently with WD40.  Any ideas on a discrete or diguised cover that wouldn't make my yard look like Hogan's alley?  (A plastic bucket or tarps won't do.)    ;)
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: trapperDave on May 11, 2008, 11:08:00 AM
Ahh, but if you use a bucket, it could double as a stool to sit on while working on your bow  ;)   :D
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: Cupcake on May 11, 2008, 11:53:00 AM
Adam,
Check out this vise made by Xyliss.  It was designed for the Swiss Army and I refer to it as a "Swiss Army Vise".  It is very versatile.

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/cupcake1000/zyliss1.jpg)

It clamps to anything , like a table, door, etc.; and can morph into many different things.  The removable plastic jaws are easy on the bow limbs.  I have had mine for at least ten years and it is very useful.  They retail for $199 so they are not cheap; I found a few for sale, used, on the web for less than $100.  It is made of magnesium, I think, so it won't rust outside.  Unclamp it and take it anywhere.
Kevin
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: bayoulongbowman on May 11, 2008, 12:02:00 PM
Got link for that vise , its calling me buy me buy me...LOL   :wavey:    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: Cupcake on May 11, 2008, 12:15:00 PM
I tried to find an easy link to that vice but had trouble.  I went to Zyliss.com and did not find it there.  If I remember correctly, there is a tool company that has exclusive rights in the US, if I find it I will let you know.
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: Cupcake on May 11, 2008, 12:16:00 PM
I found it.  Advanced Machinery.

http://www.advmachinery.com/
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: tippit on May 11, 2008, 01:09:00 PM
Adam, Go to the dump and pick up an old weight lifters bench.  I see them at our dump almost weekly.  You can even adjust the height...tippit

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/bowyersbench2.jpg)
Title: Re: Outdoor Bow Vise?
Post by: wisconsin wood butcher on May 11, 2008, 01:31:00 PM
cupcake thanks for the web link i bought one at a
 garage sale and havent ever seen any info on it  
  until now thanks