Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Sliding Tail Vise
George Bustamante
>I am looking for a sliding tail vise along the lines of the now discontinued Veritas vise.
I have had no luck with Lee Valley. I even tried to buy the screw and mechanism from their "tucker vise which is still in production. Still no go.
Are there any other solutions? Anyone know why LV discontinued the original (presume poor sales)?
Thanks
George
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Paul M. in San Diego
>Is this the kind of thing you're looking for?
tail vise at highland hardware
Re: Sliding Tail Vise
George Bustamante
>Paul,
I was not very clear with what I wanted. I wanted a sliding tail vise with a quick release functionalong the lines of the now discontinued Veritas Sliding Tail Vise: a picture of which folows: http://www.shavings.net/MODIFICATIONS.HTM
Re: Sliding Tail Vise
Chris Knight
>They have rather messed up their site but Atlas machinery who made the vice designed by Michael Fortune and featured in Scott Landis's book, still sell it.
I guess you will have to contact the company for more details. (It was fully described only a week or so ago)
Chris
Re: Sliding Tail Vise
Rob Lee
>Hi George -
The demand for the vise wasn't enough to produce it economically... it is on the re-development list right now though, but will not be back in production for awhile yet.
Cheers -
Rob
Re: Sliding Tail Vise
George Bustamante
>Thanks, for your post. I hope you guys at LV hurry! I would like two tail vises!
Re: Sliding Tail Vise
Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia
>You can buy similar hardware from Woodcraft. At least, they did. I haven't checked back today. I'm sure there are other suppliers as well.