Mar 8, 2010 · The Kimbal vise is like a serious, heavy duty, Panavise. That's the best way to describe it. Very cool tool if you can find one. I'm familiar with the patent, but I've never actually seen one. The other one mentioned is usually called a pattern maker's vice, or gunstock vice. It's also great for guitar work. Here's the Cadillac of these kinds ...

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Jul 31, 2022 · This Vise known as a Kimball was produced in limited quantities and is impossible to find today. I know three modern gun makers who own and use these with great enthusiasm. I am interviewing current users of this vise for feedback on potential modifications with the expectation of a batch being manufactured.

Feb 21, 2010 · I use a Kimball stockmakers vice. It was designed by the late Keesey Kimball of Alpine Texas. He was a custom stockmaker and had them built in China and sold them from his home.

Dec 20, 2017 · I am/was a custom stock builder and metal finisher and this vise is simply this best way I have ever seen to hold awkwardly shaped material like gun stocks actions and the like -- infinitely adjustable for height, length and angle via a heavy gimble apparatus that tightens up …

Here is a most unusual vise The first patent was issued in 1916 the one illustrated here Has a patent number that dates to 1988..the tool is used by Patternmakers,Luthiers and Gun Stockmakers..it is an amazing tool the first 3 photos are from a catalog and shows a newer model you will see a wheel to turn the shafts that adjust the …

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Design: One-handed squeeze action and trigger release for quick repositioning. Locks with adjustable force for a no-slip custom grip.

A swivel vise which is used primarily for finishing gun stocks and is characterized by a conventional vise assembly mounted on one end of a ball mount shaft for engaging a gun stock and a ball joint a

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