Made a rifle vise....

Doc Hoy · August 11, 2013, 01:46 PM

My better half sprained her ankle a while back and the saw bones gave her some crutches to hobble around on.

I saw some components in this pair of crutches which really needed to be pu to better use than Eleanor's mobility.

So I cannibalized the pads and made a rifle vise.

1/4 x 20 all thread for the clamp screw. The wood is rock maple from an old crib. I bought the crib at a yard sale for five bucks and am still using the steel and the wood. Thankfully, the kid did not come with the crib. (I hate kids)

This is another view of the clamp mechanism

Here are a coupla shots with the trapdoor in it.

Eleanor's ankle is doing fine without the crutches. She needed to stay off of it anyway.

bedbugbilly · August 11, 2013, 02:00 PM

Doc - sorry to hear about your better half's ankle - hopefully it is much better now.

Your imagination certainly produced a nifty rifle vise! That looks like it is just the berries to clamp a long gun in and work on it.

Just think of what you could possibly make if you found a wooden leg and a two legged goat at a garage sale!?

By the way . . . those 45/70s are "lookin' goooood!"

Doc Hoy · August 11, 2013, 02:05 PM

One of these trapdoors is going to be for sale. Prolly the last one when I finish it up.

I can rationalize needing two of them but not three.

I am hoping to sell one for enough to make a dent in a 66 or 73 Winchester clone.

I have one set of crutches left for another vise but the wood will have to be poplar since I am now cribless.

Doc Hoy · August 11, 2013, 02:21 PM

My wife milked it for all of the sympathy she could get.

She went to church on Wednesday night two weeks ago for the congregation to pray over it.

She is a bible thumper from way back and she told me that the "laying on of the hands" helped.

I told her it was getting off those crutches so the thing got some exercise that fixed it.

I also told the preacher to keep his hands to his self or there'd be some additional laying on of the hands that would not be for healing.

BirchOrr · August 11, 2013, 03:55 PM

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there'd be some additional laying on of the hands that would not be for healing

Too funny!

Nice gun vise Doc! Glad your gal is doing well.

Birch

sltm1 · August 11, 2013, 04:50 PM

Nice vise!! Sure beats holding the stock between your knee's and resting the bbl on a chair !!

Doc Hoy · August 11, 2013, 06:09 PM

Thanks for the positive feedback.

Doc Hoy · August 12, 2013, 05:40 AM

It is a good thing I have another pair of crutches.

This time they are for me.

Bill Akins · August 12, 2013, 06:30 PM

I luv it Doc. Very inventive.

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**4V50 Gary** · August 12, 2013, 07:09 PM

Nice vise. Hope Eleanor doesn't lay her hands on your throat.

Doc Hoy · August 13, 2013, 02:54 AM

Thanks, Bill.

Gary,

Of course all of the stuff I posted about her were outrageous lies except for the fact that she hurt her ankle and thumps the bible pretty hard.

We got a pretty good chuckle out of it when she read the post.

bushmaster65 · August 28, 2013, 10:28 AM

Awww...man you get to work on your guns IN THE HOUSE!!!
I have to use the old texas sweatbox garage....and a cheep fan...

Doc Hoy · August 28, 2013, 11:07 AM

I get to shoot in the house too.

But it isn't the revolvers I am shooting off, it is my mouth.

August 11, 2013, 01:46 PM	#1
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Made a rifle vise.... My better half sprained her ankle a while back and the saw bones gave her some crutches to hobble around on. I saw some components in this pair of crutches which really needed to be pu to better use than Eleanor's mobility. So I cannibalized the pads and made a rifle vise. 1/4 x 20 all thread for the clamp screw. The wood is rock maple from an old crib. I bought the crib at a yard sale for five bucks and am still using the steel and the wood. Thankfully, the kid did not come with the crib. (I hate kids) This is another view of the clamp mechanism Here are a coupla shots with the trapdoor in it. Eleanor's ankle is doing fine without the crutches. She needed to stay off of it anyway. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 11, 2013, 02:00 PM	#2
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	Doc - sorry to hear about your better half's ankle - hopefully it is much better now. Your imagination certainly produced a nifty rifle vise! That looks like it is just the berries to clamp a long gun in and work on it. Just think of what you could possibly make if you found a wooden leg and a two legged goat at a garage sale!? By the way . . . those 45/70s are "lookin' goooood!" __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

August 11, 2013, 02:05 PM	#3
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Thanks, Three Bs One of these trapdoors is going to be for sale. Prolly the last one when I finish it up. I can rationalize needing two of them but not three. I am hoping to sell one for enough to make a dent in a 66 or 73 Winchester clone. I have one set of crutches left for another vise but the wood will have to be poplar since I am now cribless. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 11, 2013, 02:21 PM	#4
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Regarding the ankle... My wife milked it for all of the sympathy she could get. She went to church on Wednesday night two weeks ago for the congregation to pray over it. She is a bible thumper from way back and she told me that the "laying on of the hands" helped. I told her it was getting off those crutches so the thing got some exercise that fixed it. I also told the preacher to keep his hands to his self or there'd be some additional laying on of the hands that would not be for healing. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 11, 2013, 06:09 PM	#7
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Birch and SLTM Thanks for the positive feedback. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 11, 2013, 04:50 PM	#6
sltm1 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 353	Nice vise!! Sure beats holding the stock between your knee's and resting the bbl on a chair !!

August 12, 2013, 05:40 AM	#8
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Eleanor just read my post of yesterday at 3:21... It is a good thing I have another pair of crutches. This time they are for me. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 12, 2013, 06:30 PM	#9
Bill Akins Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2007 Location: Hudson, Florida Posts: 1,135	I luv it Doc. Very inventive. . __________________ "This is my Remy and this is my Colt. Remy loads easy and topstrap strong, Colt balances better and never feels wrong. A repro black powder revolver gun, they smoke and shoot lead and give me much fun. I can't figure out which one I like better, they're both fine revolvers that fit in my leather". "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target".

August 12, 2013, 07:09 PM	#10
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Nice vise. Hope Eleanor doesn't lay her hands on your throat. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

August 13, 2013, 02:54 AM	#11
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Thanks you guys Thanks, Bill. Gary, Of course all of the stuff I posted about her were outrageous lies except for the fact that she hurt her ankle and thumps the bible pretty hard. We got a pretty good chuckle out of it when she read the post. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

August 28, 2013, 10:28 AM	#12
bushmaster65 Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2012 Location: Central Texas Posts: 140	Awww...man you get to work on your guns IN THE HOUSE!!! I have to use the old texas sweatbox garage....and a cheep fan... __________________ "Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave."

August 28, 2013, 11:07 AM	#13
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Bush... I get to shoot in the house too. But it isn't the revolvers I am shooting off, it is my mouth. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.