My engraver vice - bowl vise

**Christophe Mineau** · Jun 5, 2016, 12:11 PM

Hi Marv, and Mr Toolmaker51 !
Thank you very much for the kind words, this is gratifying.

Marv, good idea for the metal spinning, but the bowl has already been replaced in the kitchen and the project I would certainly do before would be a trumpet , horn or straight saxophone !
One day, maybe. I am currently thinking about a wooden saxophone, but why not metal, one day....

For toolmaker, I did no fancy between the bowl and the wooden base, it's just the wood against the the stainless steel. As I tried to shape the profile of the base spherical, rather than conical, there is a good enough surface of contact and it doesn't slide. I must say the bowl is quite heavy, with plenty of inertia.

An idea for splitting a bowling bowl : chainsaw ?

Thanks again guys, read you soon !
Christophe

**tonyfoale** · Feb 2, 2017, 09:44 AM

Nice one, Christophe.

**rossbotics** · Feb 2, 2017, 02:51 PM

Hi Christophe
That's some head scratching work there my friend, I'm sure you went thru a lot of trial and errors before you got it just right, been there done that,
That's some pretty work my friend

Thanks for sharing

Doug

**Christophe Mineau** · Feb 2, 2017, 03:22 PM

Thank you Tony and Doug, I really appreciate.
If only I had more time for practising my engraving... This is really a difficult art, but so exciting...
Always impressed with your work too !
Read you soon,
Christophe