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3rd November 2011, 11:46 AM #76GOLD MEMBER
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I've been shopping again. Came across this and decided I NEEDED it. I don't recall having seen a vice like it. It will hold 90mm dia. No makes marks other than TH40 cast in the base and the an anchor(?) cast into the four jaws.
Stuart
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3rd November 2011, 12:11 PM #77
Hi Stuart,
I need one too!... very nice, I looked up the anchor trademark, and got too many hits to be much use... I'll check the EAIA directory and see if anything turns up under vise makers.
Regards
Ray
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3rd November 2011, 12:12 PM #78Dave J Guest
Strange looking vice, but should come in handy for round things.
Dave
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3rd November 2011, 12:54 PM #79GOLD MEMBER
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Hi guys,
The bottom of base looks like its been machined on a shaper. The parts a number stamped but not in a way that makes sense to me lol.
Dave I think the best thing about this vice is as it has six pivots it should grip just about any shape you can think of(except some triangles and I think it would do a pretty good job of that if you add one fixed point.)
Of course I'll have to wait and see how often its needed lol
Stuart
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3rd November 2011, 01:01 PM #80Distracted Member
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Is it self-centering?
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3rd November 2011, 02:24 PM #81Pink 10EE owner
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Here is my gloat... Got this a week ago.. Tesa, magnetic square level.. similar to the one Marko had at the scraping class (except his were Wyler and more sensitive)
Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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3rd November 2011, 02:53 PM #82SENIOR MEMBER
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I’m pretty sure yours is made by Wyler, it looks identical to Marko’s. Yours is just missing the handle. The adjustment on yours is the same as his.
Have a look at a new Wyler one, its a dead ringer for yours.
http://www.swissinstruments.com/downloads/metrology_wyler_spirit.pdf
The guy at Swiss Quality Discounts calls them Wyler-Tesa, I’m not sure why. I think Brown & Sharp had something to do with that, distributing them in the States.
http://www.swissqualitydiscount.com/index.php?cPath=16&osCsid=9e92a768f838f0f9c1374985c38390b8
Phil.
P.S Were you just stirring that other place up about the wire & sag table?
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3rd November 2011, 02:59 PM #83
Very interesting.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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3rd November 2011, 04:04 PM #84Pink 10EE owner
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3rd November 2011, 04:24 PM #85
Hi .RC,
Now that's a tool worthy of gloating about!
I won't embarass you by asking how much, I'll think instead of the tens of thousands of dollars of machinery you will use it to setup...
Does it measure exactly the same when you reverse it? (just stirring)
Regards
Ray
Tesa and Browne Sharpe are the same company these days I think.
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3rd November 2011, 05:20 PM #86SENIOR MEMBER
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He got it a lot cheaper than if I’d known about it. I’ve had a search set up for one of those for years, and I missed it. They seldom come up.
Did you blokes read the Swiss Quality Link in post #82. Oliver at Swiss Quality. He must have inherited all the Tesa Stock in Europe. All new and cheap. I’ve bought a few things off him.
This little 150 mm long level, I know its only 0.04/m. But its a Good Wyler 0.04/m & Stable.
http://www.swissqualitydiscount.com/product_info.php?cPath=16&products_id=41&osCsid=9e92a768f838f0f9c1374985c38390b8&COUNTRY=AU
At $198 USD + $29 USD postage, its almost a better option than the Measuremax jobs.
Regards Phil.
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3rd November 2011, 09:17 PM #87
Hi Phil,
Thanks for that link, there's some pretty slick metrology stuff going cheap, I'm **very** tempted by those Tesa Gage blocks.
You'll send me broke..
Regards
Ray
PS.. I was going to suggest .RC make a wooden handle for his, then it would be the same as the Wyler, then I remembered .RC doesn't do wood...
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3rd November 2011, 10:07 PM #88GOLD MEMBER
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3rd November 2011, 10:15 PM #89Pink 10EE owner
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Well I can do wood when forced to, but I am no master craftsman...
Made this box for the level tonight... Amazing what you can achieve with an end mill on a turret mill with a DRO... Certainly makes things easier...
Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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3rd November 2011, 10:23 PM #90SENIOR MEMBER
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I've lusted over those ceramic sets for some years, they are on my tattlotto list, just after the Porsch.
Keep an eye on him, he probably has them now, but not listed, you could ask. The little Etalon Swiss mag base. Kind of like the baby Noga, but just so much sexier in the Swiss way.
I bought one thinking it would be a toy, but I had to have it. For certain jobs, its just so sweet.
I should have shown you when you were here.
Regards Phil.