Lug Vises are Back in Stock!
Well, we did it! We finally reached critical mass on the wait list for lug vises, and rightly so these are back in stock & ready to ship!! Looking back, this is my 4th production batch of these over the years and they’ve become more and more refined with every iteration. I’ve had the pleasure of providing these to an amazing bunch of candid builders throughout the world. As with every time I re-spin a tool, I’ll collect and apply their feedback as well as incorporation inputs from my own ever changing process to improve upon an arguably already good design. This year the changes are minimal, but they do really improve the functionality of the tool.
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The lug is your canvas and you are the artist. Listen to the soft cry of the file as you peel back to the layers of steel to reveal the beauty that only you can see beneath.
The first change you will likely notice is the lug vise body has gone from having 4 sided flats to 6 (hex). This helps with additional angles for high torque clamping. I use these in my own process for actually stretching the lug, by holding the lug vise body by these flats rigidly in the vise I can crank down on the handle and open up the lugs for optimal tubing clearance. It really is a time saver as opposed to having to Dremel or grind out the inside of each lug as I previously did.
Second minor change is that the 1.250” and 1.375” sleeves have returned to machined end spreaders. While my previous idea of using slots did save me time and $ on machining costs it was just not as smooth as this style of design. I did however, lower each of the relief holes by 0.125” to give the maxim amount of spread-ability at the end of each sleeve.
Finally the last update was to step down the 1.375” sleeve at the end to allow for BSA clamping. I know that this standard is disappearing in modern large tube framebuilding, but I’m sure it will stay around in traditional lugged frame manufacturing. It’s also simply a good use of that extra space down by the spreading holes.
I’m excited to get these out into the hands of you builders and see what you will create. The lug is your canvas and you are the artist. Listen to the soft cry of the file as you peel back to the layers of steel to reveal the beauty that only you can see beneath.
Happy building - Todd
