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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: E. Jensen on January 31, 2015, 05:45:35 pm

Title: Mobile shop!
Post by: E. Jensen on January 31, 2015, 05:45:35 pm
Hey first of all hope this is not in the wrong folder but I didn't see one that it would fit any better in.  I've had to give up my workshop to go to graduate school, so I made this setup with the help of my father in law!  I've very excited about it.  My workshop was mostly knife making focused, and this will be a nice change.  Open, clean, quiet, relaxing!

2" steel tube and a 1/2" plate from the scrap yard. Cost me $20, not including the vise, which I've had!  Jaws are padded with leather, for an optimal grip that won't mar the bow!  Eventually I'll clean the rust off and get some paint on it.  All I'm waiting for now is some shims to keep it from wobbling and some nicer weather!  Btw, weighs about a million pounds!

I used to have the vise mounted right on my tailgate, but it was too heavy and messing up my latches.
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Post by: PatM on January 31, 2015, 05:51:58 pm
Just don't put a longbow in it and drive through a narrow garage door. I saw Blackhawk build one that would take out the walls.
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Post by: ajbruggink on January 31, 2015, 06:08:30 pm
That's a good idea, nice work.
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Post by: E. Jensen on January 31, 2015, 06:59:58 pm
Originally I ordered a Porta Vise.   Evidently $230 buys you wobbly aluminum and a small vise with misaligned jaws
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Post by: Knoll on January 31, 2015, 07:49:46 pm
Dedication to the craft!
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Post by: Comancheria on January 31, 2015, 09:08:50 pm
Looks good.  Might also be a slight deterrent to tail-gaters.  (I know, I know--you probably detach it while under way.) Still, I can't help but smile, remembering the lady who drove her Mercedes smack dab into the back of my GMC 2500, ramming the extra-long drop-down trailer hitch half way back to its tailpipe.  She said (dropping in an F-bomb for good measure) that it was my fault for having a piece of steel sticking out the back of my truck. 
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Post by: Arrowind on January 31, 2015, 09:17:09 pm
...and when you are working on super heavy war bows you can use your truck to check the draw weight!  :laugh:

looks pretty sweet!
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Post by: E. Jensen on January 31, 2015, 09:41:05 pm
Maybe I should take my spare pipe and sharpen the end.    That will discourage tail gaters.
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 31, 2015, 09:54:52 pm
I like it. Good idea. Jawge
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Post by: burn em up chuck on February 01, 2015, 01:59:23 pm
     cool

        chuck
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Post by: Roy on February 02, 2015, 08:06:50 am
I'm betting the front wheels of that Ford are about a foot off the pavement.. :) LOL
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Post by: ajooter on February 02, 2015, 08:13:05 am
I got the same thing! No 45 tho.  The horizontal piece is just long enough so I can still open my tailgate for a workbench.  Mine is also quite heavy!!