Slava Yorish's latest activity

Sets of wax models before being shipped to the foundry.

The first ones gone for $700 a piece. Taking into account time I spent on each my hourly rate was very low . I know someone then sold...

I need to finish another one too.

Here is a "shrinked" version of Boley vise and it's original size.

There are no secrets. The technology is available and widely used. The equipment I used came from jewelry because of small size of my...

It was vacuum casting. You guessed right.

Amazing and a perfect match to my Wilton! Please put me down for one of the next batch if you make them.

I tested jaws. It fits in slots. Need to drill and tap holes in the body, counter bore jaws, and turn heads of #0-80 screws.

In order to cut slots for jaws I needed a tiny key cutter. The one I had was too thick so I ground material from it with Dremel tool on...

Today, I made a pedal from thick gauge copper wire. Round part is bent while two straight sections I rolled flat using rolling mill. I...

I checked my files and found that first pictures of Little Giant I downloaded back in January. Probably in February I started working on...

One more element is ready for casting

Count me in, I will need one for the miniature vise I got from you last year!

Here is a picture

It is stiff but it is already reciprocating