some quick makeovers on a chinese engraving vice
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- quick video fixing up a new tool so that it is at least a little less junky. sometimes only takes a few minutes with basic tools to make startling changes!
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We use our engraver vises (ball vise) to make a living as watchmakers, they are so required in mini or micro work, they are great and you Emma are even greater for sharing the with many that likely do not know of these existence. That thing needs love only Emma can give her. Thank you Emma for exposing this vise to many people.
Interesting little vise. Nice job.
Emma, that was a great video. I also did a lot of work fixing my ball vise last year. I did everything you did, and found an easy fix for the bearing race.
I put a thin cardstock shim under the bottom bearing race, and that actually got the bearing in contact with both races. It spins a lot better now. Mine sounded just like yours when it was spun, before the shim.
After shimming, I did a little lapping between the two ball halves just to remove high spots.
If you engrave under a microscope like I do, it helps to have a centering vise, so you don't have to slide the whole vise around. Just pop out that leadscrew retainer in the center, and the jaws will slide back and forth, and lock in place where you need them.
thanks heaps for that! things I didn't think of. much appreciated
I have been looking at these engraving vises from China and India for a long time. I wondered how they are. Thanks so much for posting this video! You answered a lot of my questions!
Bob from Central Virginia USA.
I've never heard of an engraving vice 😀very interesting 😀Thank you for the video Emma
That definitely beats making one from scratch Emma. Much less work, yet a good end product 😊👍
I love my Vevor ball vise. I have the five inch one. Would you do a video on how to use all of the accessories? That would be wonderful.
Interesting vice. Never seen one like that. Now I am thinking "do I need one". Mmm. Thanks for sharing Emma. regards from the UK
I always learn something new! Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing! I seriously want one of those ball vices for deburring/finishing work.
Stefan Gotteswinter
I hope you are going to make one !
Might be an idea for a video series !
You did make it better, thanks for the video.
was thinking of getting one of these cheaper vises, thank you for the details on what to expect
Great job Emma! Thanks for sharing
Awesome breakdown thanks bro
Just so you know, in case you don't know... the ball being slippery, is supposed to be slippery, and some engraver do things to make them as slippery as possible, which aid in smoother curves in the finished engraved work...
yes, it needs to be repositionable. but u dont want it to fall over when you reposition your hand.
Nice to be able to improve it! Ps got your stickers thanks! 😎
Thanks for the advice!
That has to be better, I went for a look on evil bay and was suprised at the price. Looks good now.
I think where the vice was made they do get some things right , like take away food ! but not with the chicken feet ! Cheers .
I've been thinking about getting into ingraving
I got one and the base is way too slippery...I can't do any engraving because it moves all over the place 😔
Well on its way!
Better to have to do a little work than pay ten times the price!
Just wondering if it needs a thrust race, wouldn't it turn quite adequately in the base even if the ball was solid?
A guy in the Ukraine (yt channel "uncle maxim")made his own vice from scratch a year or two back, but he doesn't know the meaning of too much trouble.
Would forming leather over the provided base give enough friction? Or is that base just not heavy enough, friction aside? I have never used a ball vise for engraving (the limited work I have done has been using pitch on a granite litho surface) and for other positioning work use clamped ball mount arms, like a Wilton Pow-r-arm. I have been looking to a ball vise for a long time (have a 7Kg throwing shot to mount a small vise to if I get to it) and am now intrigued by the "import" option rather than making my own...
yes it definitely might, i think. i always was looking for a bowling ball. but this is a bit smaller.
How 'hard' did the jaws seem to be? I'm assuming they were soft, but you know what happens when you assume?
As mentioned in other comments - this would be the way to go instead of making one.
I, for one do not mind 'cleaning' import tooling and saving a few bucks in the process.
cast iron i think.