Question: Lindsay low profile vise for gun engraving

Choppers_rule · May 8, 2017

For those who own one,
Is Lindsay low profile vise heavy enough for firearms engraving?
I have the Grs magnablock which will be perfect but it's too tall for microscope set up since I'm a short guy. I have to sit high up to be able to see through the microscope and I use a pedal

Denny

Roger Bleile · May 8, 2017

I sit fairly high and have my pedals on a box so that my thighs stay parallel to the floor for better ergonomics.

Dulltool · May 8, 2017

Simple solution...... Lower your magna vise. :tiphat:

Choppers_rule · May 8, 2017

Roger Bleile said:
I sit fairly high and have my pedals on a box so that my thighs stay parallel to the floor for better ergonomics.

Thanks Roger! I think I will follow your recommendation & build myself wooden boxes for my feet.

Choppers_rule · May 8, 2017

Dulltool said:
Simple solution...... Lower your magna vise.

I just bought Lindsay engraving stand & it will not go lower than I needed...bummer. I can use my drill press stand but that means I have to buy another turntable.

Brian Marshall · May 8, 2017

If the stand will not go lower... you will simply have to sit higher in relationship to it.

The vise/support can stay as low at will go and you raise the chair.

I have worked from a drafting chair, with my feet on a raised platform (where all of the pedals are easy to reach) for more years than I care to count anymore.

Brian

Another tip, while I think of it. While all of the chairs at the other shop benches have wheels/rollers - the drafting chair I use does not.

The reason being that when I push hard, I do NOT want the chair rolling me away from my work.

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