Auction for site, flyvise
 

I finished up a project last week that I have been picking away at for the winter. I am donating 1 of these to the site for an auction to raise some $$$. They have the Renzetti saltwater cam jaws which will hold up to 8/0 and bigger. The rest of the vise has ideas taken from Renzetti and an old popular mechanics article a guy gave me 2 years ago. He bet me I couldn't make one, although I think he just wanted one. Pretty much same vise I made year before but not out of titnaium this time. Too expensive. Rotary style. It is all stainless, delrin washers , and aluminum base.
Anywho It will go up day after too cold to fish nite. Be generous as I have $130 invested in a vise for materials, jaws, and lots of sweat equity. I will drag one to plugfest and too cold to fish nite if anyone wants a closer look. Thanks

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Beautiful work Paul :wavey:

Paul - thank you again - that thing is really sweet. Fantastic work!

Wow, Paul - :shocked:

Incredible piece of work on the vise - I remember seeing a similar one that you made and posted a while back -

Very generous of you, too - :kewl:

I'm gonna have to bid on it - hope my shallow pockets right now are deep enough but I'll take a whack at it -

Look forward to seeing it live and in person at TFCTFN - beautiful job!

looks just like mine but holds a bigger hook:kewl:
You are definately a craftsman Paul, and a most generous one at that.

HOLY Sheet
 

NASA should be Knocking at your door

outstanding work Professor ! wow

Damn........

Wow thats a piece of work

Awesome..Simply Awesome.
Thats a double NIB Awesome..Thats a first..
Plus it has my name one it..
Morone..

Mine, Mine, Mine

I bid 3 dollars.

amazing

Very Nice:drool:

Very nice !

paul there are buities.is it possibaly to buy one from u or a trade ??????????????? i have 4 vices now ...

Absolutely Gorgeous... very unique piece .. I saw these in progress .. Thats alot of very precision god like work .. stunning... I'd raffle that baby .. give the poor shmucks a chance .. $5 a ticket .. sell 1 thousand tickets ..

GOD LIKE
 

Careful Tagger
you'll make Paul's head pop !:rotflmao:

I agree with Tagger, SELL TICKETS.
Starting tomorrow :grins:

VB

...:uhuh:

I'm IN! :bounce:

Spit the Truth ... the kid is good ....

Awesome Paul, mad skills! raffle tickets would be cool, I'd buy a couple

OH MAN that is a thing of beauty...I REALLY want one....really... I was thinking of getting a renzetti but couldn't pull the trigger, then considered others, still making due with my vise i had when I was a kid. You have too much free time!! Nice work, really nice work. I am jealous I don't have skills like that.

Looking forward to biddding on this one. I would also consider buying any one of the others if they need a home.... :)

I agree raffle it Saturday..Or at least sell tickets Saturday..

That is unbelievable, Professor. I don't know anything about fly vices, but I can tell that is one beautiful piece of equipment. Outstanding craftsmanship and I love the engraving on the base! I would love to have even a sliver of the talent you have.

I agree, a raffle will raise more than an auction.

John, sell tix on Sat. at the fest maybe, and then online too. :think:

Raffle it... I'm in for a few tix.

yep
 

me too....worth the chance.......... that's for sure :uhuh:

That thing is beautiful. Awesome work!

You guys are good for my ego, I guess after 30 years you tend to get good at something or at least strive too. It is a pretty simple project as far as what I do for work but finding the time factor always makes it a more difficult endeavor. Seriously though I want to make some $$ for the site so I agree a raffle would be better. Say maybe have the drawing at too cold to fish maybe that way you get more tickets sold at that event too. Good idea guys. It is up to John. It's his vise now.

By the way what is this spare time thing? I have no concept of that.

You should auction or raffle it here. There are so many things at TFCTFN that a special item like this will just get lost in the shuffle. It will not increase the amount people spend that night. Most peole head out knowing how much they will spend before they get there. Sort of like a budget for the night.