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265507 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2018‑03‑20 Re: Ball-joint saw vises; expertise wanted.
On 2018-03-19 9:56 PM, scott grandstaff wrote:
>    Tom
> Like you I fell hard for the look of the ball n socket saw vises long 
> ago.
> I determined to get one. I finally saved up enough, and bought one 
> from Sandy Moss.
> (How I miss Sandy's sale lists!)
>  I had to pay postage from Maine.
>
>  Well, sorry for this but,........ they vibrate.
>     With the saw so far from the bench its clamped to, up on the tall 
> single post, its just an invitation to shimmy. No way to firm it up 
> enough.
>     When the work vibrates your files don't last for crap. 


So ... cool, but you maybe don't want to go there!

Don

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