SPIKER
Elite Member
DAPPER: not really too late, you can cut off the vice tubeing as it sets now, asy 24+/- inches up and remove the vice, take a BIGGER hunk of tubing one that slides OVER the post sticking up and cut away some of the vice side tube to say 3~4" slip the BIGGER tube over the vice side tube and weld it on, drill a hole into the bigger tube near the bottom end of the bigger tube weld in the 2 nuts so the bolts will tighten up on the tube that is sticking up welded to the round plate... 
it would be about the same thing only needs an easy mod to you're already good vice stand
only real draw back is that the bolts this way will be down near floor when the vice is in it's LOW adjustment. to fix this, simply change where you cut the existing tubing. you could cut it down near the bast plate weld the bigger tube to the round plate after the holes and nuts are welded into the bigger tube...
also weld the nuts into the corner of the square tube so that when you crank down onto the inner tube it will not bend. (if you weld the nnuts into the side of the tube and crank down onto the smaller tubing you can crush it slightly this would be a bad thing./..
if you want quick adjustments do like I did, drilled a series of holes into the tube and used a simple bolt to slip through the 2 tube sections... worked well, (something I forgot about doing when I typed the above prior) I only drilled it through the big and the little tube on one side and used a short bolt and then tightened up the locking adjustment bolts to hold it in place. if & when I build a new one the holes will go all way through both tubes so I don't have to tighten down the bolts... I'll also drill them so that each hole is NOT on equal measurements. (I had them all drilled the same 1" spacing) next time I think I would drill outter tube on 1" spacing and 1 and 1/2" spaceing then 3/4" spacing and drill inner tube on even 1" spacing. that way I you can adjust in 1/4" incriments by using different outter holes vs even inner holes
Mark M
it would be about the same thing only needs an easy mod to you're already good vice stand only real draw back is that the bolts this way will be down near floor when the vice is in it's LOW adjustment. to fix this, simply change where you cut the existing tubing. you could cut it down near the bast plate weld the bigger tube to the round plate after the holes and nuts are welded into the bigger tube...
also weld the nuts into the corner of the square tube so that when you crank down onto the inner tube it will not bend. (if you weld the nnuts into the side of the tube and crank down onto the smaller tubing you can crush it slightly this would be a bad thing./..
if you want quick adjustments do like I did, drilled a series of holes into the tube and used a simple bolt to slip through the 2 tube sections... worked well, (something I forgot about doing when I typed the above prior) I only drilled it through the big and the little tube on one side and used a short bolt and then tightened up the locking adjustment bolts to hold it in place. if & when I build a new one the holes will go all way through both tubes so I don't have to tighten down the bolts... I'll also drill them so that each hole is NOT on equal measurements. (I had them all drilled the same 1" spacing) next time I think I would drill outter tube on 1" spacing and 1 and 1/2" spaceing then 3/4" spacing and drill inner tube on even 1" spacing. that way I you can adjust in 1/4" incriments by using different outter holes vs even inner holes
Mark M
