Pardon my exuberance, but.........Marc Petijean Vise

[Byron haugh]

Hi,

I am quite excited today. My Petijean vise arrived in the mail today. I would like to share a few photos and a description of the vise with you.

I admit that I am a vise-aholic. I have owned a number of vises over the years, But, this, and tying/flyfishing are my only vices.
Well, that is one of my rationalizations. I have others.

Anyway, this is how the vise arrived.......in the padded travel case.




Inside the case are: The vise itself, an aluminum heavy base, an alignment tool and 3 tube fly mandrels, instructions, and an instructional dvd.



The base has several cut-out ports to hold hooks, beads, etc. One corner foot has a leveling screw which makes even an uneven table, stable.





The vise itself with the included alignment tool to assist with adjusting the jaws pitch to ensure true rotary axis alignment of the hook shank.





Here the vise is on my cluttered table with a hook in the jaws.





If anyone would like, I could post a review of its use after a few days. At this point, I can say it is one of the smoothest rotating vises I have ever had. It has a ball bearing housing for the rotary function...I am pretty sure. I have had other ball bearing vises before, but the jaws and particularly the jaw arm were heavier and did not rotate as smoothly.

I am not sure this will replace my Jvice, but I have been intrigued for a long time about this vise. I have "played" with one in shops, but never had much time to work on it.

If you would like a full review of its functionality, let me know and in a few days, I will provide one.

Thanks for putting up with my excitement of a new tool!