[Woodcarver] Re: vice for holding big carvings

[Ramsey]

Lynn,

Your carving vise design is great.  I use a similar vise but I like 
yours better.

I have mine clamped on a hydraulic lift table that I can raise and 
lower as needed.  I can use it sitting down or standing, fine tune 
the height as I'm working on different parts of a carving and roll it 
around the shop.  I use it to move doors and other carvings around by 
myself.  The table is available from Harbor Freight for a reasonable 
price and is one of the most used tools in my shop.

For relief carvings I use a portable a "workmate" style vise that I 
have removed from the legs and attached to a tilted support that I 
clamp to the hydraulic table .  For small in the round carvings I 
clamp a smaller carving vise in the workmate vise.
-- 
Ron Ramsey
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