Another advantage of a rotary vise is being able to use the material like chenille right off the card instead of cutting off a length and wasting an inch or so. When I was tying for the shops If I lost 1" per fly, I would loose 1' of material per dozen flies. What I still do is roll a skein of chenille in a ball. Put the ball in a small basket on the floor with the ball of chenille in the basket. Work right off the ball of chenille. No waste at all. You can do the same with material on a card, just let the card of material hang down. Materials on spools can be used the same way. Tony --- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark, Thanks for the tips...I have a DVD where the > guy was tying flies like wooly buggers, and he'd use > the rotary function to roll the chenille, and then > the hackle and then the copper ribbing wire.. Is > that what most ppl do with rotaries???? I too, even > though I haven't tied 20 years, was afraid It would > be hard to UNlearn the vise i have... It is just a > cheapo that came with my starter kit, but has never > failed me yet, and I have put hooks in it ranging > from #28, all the way up to about 1/0 (but it would > have gone bigger than that I'm sure).. and it grabs > good, and I have a pretty good amt of room behind > the hook with it as well...I guess, like ya say, > both type vises have their place...Depending on the > tier, the flies tied etc... Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pierre Bombardier > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Rotary Vise Question of my own > > > Chuck, > > As has already been said, some rotary vises have > limited room behind the hook. I didn't like that > about the Danvise my wife bought me a couple of > years, ago, but that problem was solved by buying an > extension arm though BTsflyfishing. My major > problem, is that after tying on a non-rotary vise > for over twenty years, forgetting to use the rotary > function....the flies still come out fine when you > do that, though. they are very ahnd when you want > to look at the other side of the fly or need to > reverse the up & down sides of the fly (no more > taking the hook out and remounting it). Previously > I tied on a Thompson A. The Thompson is now > reserved for very large saltwate flies (using the > larger optional saltwater jaws they used to sell). > so now that vise only gets used a couple times a > year. > > Mark Delaney > > Chuck Alexander > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any "cons" to a rotary vise?????? If > so, what are they??? Also, I see these vises that > have a stand instead of the "C" clamp to clamp them > to the table...Do these not fall over sometimes when > you are pulling a material real tight??? If so, when > shopping for one, do you just try to get the one > with the heaviest base you can get??? Thanks, Chuck > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to start your own business? Learn how on > Yahoo! Small Business. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.
