Is there any special reason on vises that use a set screw to adjust the jaws of a vise to place it on the back side of the jaws? Wouldn't it be more convenient for almost everybody to have it facing the tyer?
Vise set screw location
Is there any special reason on vises that use a set screw to adjust the jaws of a vise to place it on the back side of the jaws? Wouldn't it be more convenient for almost everybody to have it facing the tyer?
How about lefties?
Tim
Tim,
I'd wager there are more righties than lefties out there.
Appearance?
Maybe Bryon but I prefer function over form up to a point.
I'm sure you know what I'm referring to and I find it rather cumbersome.
Duck:
In case you didn't guess I am a lefty. I started tying flies when I was about 10 yrs old. My father, a righty, didn't think to flip the vise around to suit me being backwards. So I learned to tie with the vise positioned as if I was right handed. In fact I never thought any thing about it until I had to teach some scouts how to tie flies. It seems I was switching things around and around and confusing them. But they somehow learned.
I imagine that if vise manafactures thought they could make a few bucks they would make a product like you suggest.
Tim
If you are holding the hook up to the jaws in your right hand to determine when you have them set right, your left hand behind the vise does avoid visual obstruction.
Exactly...and that means the left hand is coming in "backwards".
Its on the "front" on my vice! But then again it tightens the vice as well.
Cheers,
C.
Yes, but if you have two hands at the front, might they get in each other's way? Don't know, just trying to figure out the purpose.Originally Posted by ducksterman
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