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HoosierFlyTyer

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  1. Fancy but it has one inherent flaw - the thin spot where the beautifully arched head connects to the body would be a very weak point. The first time something knocked the vise over or it was dropped on the head, ker-SNAP! If you want a LAW knock-off, the HMH TRV would be the way to go. Personally, I'm happy with my Renzetti Traveler.
  2. A simple tool. Get a pair of hemostats. If you don't have any surgical tubing to slip over the end (I didn't), take a wide rubber band (you can get a lifetime supply in the parking lot of most post offices.) and cut it apart so you have a long rubber strip. Wrap it over the end one of the jaws and tie it down with thread. Do the same on the other jaw. You now have a non-slip holder. You can apply it to the material/tool with one hand. Then use your "artificial prosthesis" to pick it up (another pair of hemostats works nicely). I actually had a handicap. I had rotator cuff surgery on my dominant hand just before I started tying. I couldn't lift my right arm up to the vise. So I had my son-in-law make me some adapters to lower the vise to the level of my hand sticking out of the sling:
  3. I'll try to get them done by Nov. 30. I'm basically one-handed right now after rotator cuff surgery, so I won't be "faking" it. I'm getting some adapters made so I can have my vise in front of me at belt level (where my sling has my hand). What a GREAT idea. Especially donating the extras to P.H.H. We're having the introductory meeting of a Project Healing Waters "chapter" next Saturday at the Indpls. VA hospital. Looking forward to helping those who have given so much for me and for you and for us. a.
  4. Put me down for the Pea Bunny.
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