FREE POST IS UK ONLY           FREE POST IS UK ONLY         We at Flyman are very excited to offer this excellent vice. It offers features and performance normally associated with vices costing hundreds of pounds. It has the brilliant option to rotate the jaws assembly in true fashion so you can work on your flies from any angle. The concept is that, if you wish, you can hold your thread or material steady and rotate the hook shank using the handle on the left. The handle is easily locked off for conventional fixed position use. The stem and jaws are top quality steel. The other parts are Delrin. The finish is a professional anti glare matt black - good for long sessions at the bench, I find.
The vice has a great extendable height range; and two nice freebies - a bobbin cradle for holding the thread away from the hook to allow for access during fiddley manipulation of materials, and a materials spring for securing around the rotating barrel to hold ribbings etc.The bobbin cradle also trebles as a gallows tool and an extended body attachment - really elegant! Usually charged as an extras up to £25 on other vice systems - included in the price here.

Here is a link to a video of a similar vice setup and use:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KSZou1AvtQ
At the end of the first video is the opportunity to go on to the jaws adjustment (left side, 2nd down)
Jaw adjustment is critical:
1 Use the small wheel nearest to the jaw points to make the jaws wide enough for your size of hook
2 Move the cam lever from pointing at you, through 45 degrees only towards the point of the jaws - this should exert a weak grip on the hook which will still move if you wiggle it with your fingers
3 If the hook is solidly held at this point you need to widen the jaws a little with the small wheel near the jaw tips.
4 When the halfway cam lever position holds the hook loosely as in 2 you may complete the movement of the cam lever a further 45 degrees until it is in line with the hook in the jaws and the hook will be rigidly held.
5 Never force the cam lever into the locked position - this WILL snap the jaws! The bigger the hook the more important this is.

If the proper care is taken using this vice it will not fail. The onus is on the user to have read the instructions and warnings above. Damage resulting from failure to read or follow the instructions will not be accepted as a valid reason for complaint/return. If in doubt, email an enquiry, consult the video, or perhaps choose a non-cam vice model.Many thousands of tyers use them, but many do so without proper care and experience 'surprise' failure of parts.

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