Paloma Vise (need jaws)
A retired friend broke the jaws on his Paloma vise. Would anyone have an extra set they'd be willing to sell?
Please email if you have something and I'll put you in direct contact with him.
Thanks ahead of time for any help you may offer.
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Never heard of a Paloma Vise. Do you have a link with a picture?
Could not find a thing on a Google search.
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
This vise in question is probably a "Pamola Fly Lathe," not Paloma. Long out of production, so good luck finding parts. FWIW, the mfr contact info I've seen is: Brewster ("Bruce"?) Newton @ Pamola Fly Lathe, P O Box 435, Upton MA 01568, ph 508-529-6086
Interesting thread discussion here...
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.p...ic=61859&st=15
Yes - Pamola not Paloma. Sorry for the confusion and frantic Google searching trying to help. My friend said the manufacturer has past away so spare parts are not an option. I'm hoping someone has one laying around unused that might be able to help.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne.
"When you know, to know that you know, and when you do not know, to know that you do not know - that is true knowledge..." Charlie Chan (author Earl Derr Biggers ...Behind That Curtain 192
Assuming a "dry stick" break a good machine shop might be able to repair the jaw. A machinist and a good welder can do wonders.
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Yes, he had a machinist weld it and it broke again.
Thank you to all that have tried to help.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne.
"When you know, to know that you know, and when you do not know, to know that you do not know - that is true knowledge..." Charlie Chan (author Earl Derr Biggers ...Behind That Curtain 192
If I have such a nice vise and did not have the money to replace it, think the cost of having a machine shop machining a new piece might be higher than a new vise, I would check at the local trade school. It could be good practice for the kids learning to run the machines there. I had a friend who was a supervisor of a company and operated large aircraft, he had a spindle built for me with left hand metric threads. I ask if it was a challenge, he replied not really they are just that good.
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A JVS school would be good place to start. I know my son can do just about anything on the CNC machine but without seeing one but cost of producing a new one might not be cost effective enough tho.
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