Needed a vice stand

   / Needed a vice stand #21  
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
 
   / Needed a vice stand #22  
Dapper...... are you a phone collector?
 
   / Needed a vice stand #23  
Dapper,
My vise is anchored on a 3 inch steel pipe that is sitting in a 55 gallon drum cut in half and filled with concrete. I find that it is very handy to have a vise that is solidly anchored and has no obstructions around it. I also have a 5 inch Wilton mounted on a bench and have found that both have their uses for different projects.
I think your vise mounting is great and also like your table saw.
David B
 
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Spiker:
Like your idea. I could just cut off vice mounting plate. Put smaller pipe inside, put mounting plate on smaller pipe, and slide into outer pipe. Now it is just a matter of drilling a series of holes into the smaller pipe so that a rod will fit thru inner pipe and rest on outer pipe. Pull inner pipe up, push rod thru lower hole, and done. :D
Hope this makes sense. Think I will leave well enough alone with this one, and modify the next one. I have space in other barn that could use a vise also. Will post picts when complete. Thanks for the “adVice”. :)
 
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Dusty:
I have worked in telecommunications for 30+years, and this is what happens to your mind after that long. I have collected them for at least that long. These are wall units that DW say’s I don’t have room for in the house. :D Just one of the many things that take up space in my barn. :)
 
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Farwell:
I have a bench with a Record wood vice, and a bench with a Wilton metal vice. This one will be in different location than others. Sometimes the bench just gets in the way. As for saw, it is a much used fixture of my life. Now if I could get it to cut steel. :)
 
   / Needed a vice stand #27  
Nice stand. I like the idea of being able to move it when needed but still be heavy enough to work on.

Al
 
   / Needed a vice stand #28  
I made one for my FIL on this very day, about 7 years ago. Went over and got a spare rim from a friends junk yard and welded a piece of pipe in it, then a piece of flatbar on top with holes drilled for the vice. He got a vice for Christmas and I knew he didn't have anywhere to mount it, so I went ahead and built it real quick. Didn't take long and made him smile.
It was one of the things that disappeared from the garage right after his death, but I will probably recognize it if it ever turns up.
David from jax
 

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