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Old 23-09-2009, 08:32 AM
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well my tying antics have come to an end for a little while, i have been using the snowbee flymate ball joint, the ball joint was getting a tad loose, last night i undid the little grub screw and tightened the collar a couple of turns, then the head fell off my vice , it seems the cup the ball sits in is made of plastic not aluminium as i thought....

Ho hum... guess i will be shopping for a new vice when i have the funds... until then no tying, i will have to make do with whats in my fly boxes...
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:37 AM
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I have one of these you can have/borrow:

http://www.sportfish.co.uk/product/w...te-type-2-vice

Perhaps when you're done with it you can donate it to a budding new tier on here.
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:42 AM
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thats why i never got the ball joint one martin for fear of something like what has happened to you ,hope you get one soon mate ....
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:55 AM
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well my tying antics have come to an end for a little while, i have been using the snowbee flymate ball joint, the ball joint was getting a tad loose, last night i undid the little grub screw and tightened the collar a couple of turns, then the head fell off my vice , it seems the cup the ball sits in is made of plastic not aluminium as i thought....

Ho hum... guess i will be shopping for a new vice when i have the funds... until then no tying, i will have to make do with whats in my fly boxes...
I had the same issue with mine not long after I bought it. Snowbee were good enough to replace it with the non ball joint head

May be woth a phone call.
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:56 AM
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HMMM, didnt think of that, i dont have a reciept.. worth it for the sake of a phone call...
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:01 AM
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Ive heard of people using super glue to fix the ball in too. I still have mine here, you can have it but Im guessing its in the same condition as yours. The ball sits in the cup still but any type of pressure on the jaws and it just pops out.
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:10 AM
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ARALDITE it solid martin ???
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:11 AM
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Had a few vices in my time but always go back to my old lever vice you can always trust it
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:20 AM
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Thing is i like the balljoint, it is great for epoxy work, it is just not very well engineered
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:16 AM
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same thing happened with mine. tried superglue but didnt work! Ended up spending more money on a different vice!
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