Friday, July 02, 2021

I've never heard of a fractal vise until now, thanks for the link Marc B! Here's one getting restored, and it's long overdue coffee and donuts video

https://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/bangshiftxl-truck-videos/restoration-of-this-100-year-old-fractal-vise-is-mesmerizing

Looks like a vise that has about 30 jaws nested into each other. 

All of them can move independently and that means this is a vise that can conform to just about any shape

An artist in Nebraska spent 6 years building a similar vise



Yes, he'll make you one, but he won't yet say what it's going to cost you. Just hand over a down payment and find out later. So he says


https://fractalvise.com/

4 comments:

  1. I just watched this the other night. An absolutely amazing piece of equipment. It'll form to ANYTHING!

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  2. Have never seen anything like that. slicker than snot on a door knob.

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  3. Always a pleasure to watch these resto videos Jesse, thank you. This one was funny and fun to watch. Good stuff.

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  4. I skipped through parts of the video and didn't watch it all. I had never seen anything like this, either. It must have been very expensive to make, with all of the separate parts in the jaws and the circular mating surfaces.

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