I WOULD RATHER VISE THAN SCREW

I don't know about all of you but I personally would rather "Vise" than "Screw" when it comes to clamping your mold(s) before injecting them. I was wondering how many of you do the same. A vise is a clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position. You can clamp as little as one mold or several others when you use a good vise. You do not spend as much time screwing the molds together and then unscrewing them after you finish injecting them with hot plastic. I was just curious to see how many others discard the screws and just use a vise. For those new to the hobby, like darcie1, here is a photo of the type of vise I use. I would love to hear what the rest of you have to say on this topic.

Mike

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Hey Ship,
You raised my hackles when I first read your thread title and was gladly relieved once I read the rest of the thread..................Have been tackle-crafting several years but always shied away from molding plastics...May be I'm missing out...As you full well know tackle-crafting is about like an addiction.Once you get started you want more and more and more.That is part of the reason I have tried to draw the line on molding plastic....Looks like your machining vise does a good job of holding the molds together..

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Originally Posted by Snagged again

Hey Ship,
You raised my hackles when I first read your thread title and was gladly relieved once I read the rest of the thread..................Have been tackle-crafting several years but always shied away from molding plastics...May be I'm missing out...As you full well know tackle-crafting is about like an addiction.Once you get started you want more and more and more.That is part of the reason I have tried to draw the line on molding plastic....

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:Rofl:Rofl

But your still screwing even using the vise lol

Most the time I used clamps depending on the molds I also use screw knobs.
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What you have Ship is a drill press vice

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What you have Ship is a drill press vice

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What we have here works with soft plastic molds too. LOL

Yep

I actually prefer the screw method and use a drill with the clutch set no problems. Quick and easy. I hate one handed bar clamps. Can't count how many times I've had flashing with these. Never tried screw type clamps or welders c clamps.

I use 2 vices that I bought at harbor freight most of the time I can put as many as five molds in each one and go to town shooting baits to me it's much faster that way. I only have a few molds that I use clamps or screws on as they are bigger molds

When doing A lot at one time (several molds), put a sacrifical fence on your bench. It can be as long as you want. This fence is stationary. Utilize a hydraulic ram or air ram and mount another fence of equal size on the ram. You could do it with a hydraulic arm pump style but I would much prefer one that runs from a hydraulic pump with lever to activate and release ram. I've seen one that had a foot activation.

Set all the molds on the stationary fence, push the foot pedel, the ram slids forward clamping your molds. No screwing around with "screwing"!
Obviously, this wouldn't be a one or two mold deal unless you are like me and hate wasting time or are always trying to reinvent the wheel!