Thread: Rotary Vises

I have 3 vises and two are rotary. I never use the one that isn't. My favorite is a little known but a great vise. The Force Predator. Very heavy vise. Expensive...but worth it. A screw in the back allows you to adjust the head up or down in a slot to make it truly center.

I have a Renzetti Traveler rotary vise that I've been using for over 20 years and have tied over 250,000 jigs with it on hooks from #16 to 6/0. Only thing I've replaced is a set screw.

Wow, that Force Predator looks like it is built like a tank. Looks like it is almost all metal.
Bob

Originally Posted by BobC

Wow, that Force Predator looks like it is built like a tank. Looks like it is almost all metal.
Bob

It is....the round shaft that its attached is 1/2" where as all the others I have seen is 3/8" I found it on Craigslist for $350 used. They sell for over $600. Solid as a rock...will hold up to a 6/0 hook.

Originally Posted by hankll

A little late to this thread...I don't have one of the manufactured ones...I made my own. But, if I were to choose, I like what I've seen with the Peak vise.

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How did you make one? I would love to be able to do that!


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Rotary vise will also let you get a good look from all sides even with all the other good things it adds to tying. I am sure I could tie good jigs on a fixed vise and be happy, but I love the Rotary and actually went a little farther than that to the Nor-Vise which you can spin, which helps speed up the thread base a lot! It also has other things you can use the spinning for like dubbing tying and such!

Skip

Originally Posted by icehouse

How did you make one? I would love to be able to do that!


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Icehouse I just put one together because I was new at fly tying. I posted my build of my vise to "All things Fishing DIY" room on Facebook...all you need to do is join and do a search using my name for search.
Here it is right after I finished it.
Fully functioning rotary vise.

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I have a cheap $75 one and it doesn’t rotate too smoothly so don’t use it much. Next vise will be a better one and then I’m sure I’d get use out of it.