One was the #3 Herters seems tp be in great shape. The other one. I have not found a name on it. Just pantent pending casted in the clamp. Attachment 409984Attachment 409985
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One was the #3 Herters seems tp be in great shape. The other one. I have not found a name on it. Just pantent pending casted in the clamp. Attachment 409984Attachment 409985
Very cool!
I'm gonna have to start going to flea markets!!
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Herters made some good reloading equipment. I would think the vise is pretty good as well. I don't tie very often but I need to do more of it
That Herters sure look like a robust design. That is some casting!
Bob
Does seem very stable. I need to drag some of the tying stuff out and make a few gray ghost
Thought for a minute about tying but by the time I invested in everything needed probably wouldn’t be a feasible undertaking.
Beside at my age, almost 67, time is more important than money. [emoji23]
Great find as usual DSJ.
Chuck
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I got into it for something to keep me busy. Now I have so much to keep me busy it is hard to find the time to do it. Pretty good feeling to take some fish with lures you have made.
That vice looks unique. I have a couple Herter's jig molds here somewhere.
I did not know they made tying vises. I know the name from reloading equipment. The reloading stuff was popular in the 50's and 60's
I don't think they had the luck they wanted with jig molds. The Eire mold has a loose hinge pin and does not close tight or aligned very well. But who knows how old it is and how many jigs it made before it went to the sale barn.
Sure wasn't produced by CNC machines. Likely was molded and then hand worked the rest of the way. A fella may rework the higne pin to tighten it up it he wished to use it.
Cool find Jack. That name has been around outdoor stuff as long as I can remember.
Most everything they made was cast iron. Even the knob on this one is cast and then machined. Having spent some time of my life in a machine shop. Makes a fella consider what it takes to make something. Cast parts were labor intensive get them ready for the coating of their choice. As for the other designs they would require machining to get them built. Cookie cutter parts rarely produce final assemblies of close tolerances and hand fitting.
It is a good off season hobby to keep your interest up. As many have said, don’t do it to save money!:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Bob
Be something good for summer when it's too hot to be outsideQuote:
Originally Posted by BobC
Found one of those old Herter's molds, your right there is no CNC invented yet.Attachment 410038Attachment 410039 Amazing how times have change. The tie on loop is even lead. Wonder how that held up.
I have seen old nets with this type of sinker tied on. Seem to have held up pretty well. It only has to be as strong as what's tied to it
Heres My old 1940's Herters 11r rotary I think its probably the first rotary vice made ... please excuse mess I threw on shop bench for pictures...Attachment 410087Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
and some more Attachment 410088Attachment 410090
That is a neat old vice. Thanks for sharing
That old vice is cool
Wonder if they were made primarily for fly tying shops to speed up production?
I would love to see that old vise in action. With that big wheel should really spin it fast.
https://youtu.be/FH3TjGKnW2A
Vice in action
Thanks for video. That vise is super cool. :highfive
It would probably have a learning curve
Jeez, that thing is a BEAST! Maybe it was used for production tying.
Bob
That would be my thoughts on that rotary
Neat old vice but my mechanical head is thinking about how I could hook that to a trettle sewing machine table so I could use my foot and free up my hands. Be a cool project. Heck maybe a variable speed motor with foot control.
Thats an interesting idea. I have a motor and foot control off of a jewelers lathe. when I get time I'll see what can be done. the other thing this press has index stops on upper pulley so hook can be indexed and locked into position and a forward reverse lock so it will only spin in direction you want.. pretty inovative for the time. I think George Herter really hit this one out of the park...
No reason a servo motor couldn't be used. A fella could get fancy and have it stop and the number of wraps he wanted.
Ideas already popping from you folks. Question I now have why has this not happened before. Makes me wonder if it is just vices are very good now and motorizing them woud just make it more expensive to do the same thing we have.
https://youtu.be/WFa3q4mjib8Quote:
Originally Posted by GrumpyLoomis
Disclaimer. The above video is an April Fool's joke someone had posted to a fly tying page
And here I was getting ready to convert my Kobalt drill to a vise. :Rofl
I would spend more time unwinding than I would every spend making good jigs. I used a sewing machine motor and pedal to make a case trimmer for reloading years ago. It worked pretty well.
I did the same with a forrester, surface ground a hex on cutter side and used an electric drill fast and easy
Reason I did it with the sewing machine motor is I could turn it on with my foot and very the speed as needed. At the time I was shooting a lot of ammo in practice and competitions.Quote:
Originally Posted by geoulri1
So which one of you folks are going to run with this and become the next Amazon.
Run with motorized tying vises?