[TheForge] adjustable vice

Tue May 14 07:51:00 2002

After posting that message I went and looked through my scrap piles and
found a really old towball, it has like a large coach bolt right through the
ball with the square underside of the head in a square hole in the ball, I
put a spring and a nut on the end of the bolt so its spring loaded and
welded a pair of vice grips onto the end of the bolt, I then gripped the
ball part in the vice, I can swing the whole thing about 250 degrees on the
ball and the coach bolt part with the vice grips can move through 360
degrees of rotation by pushing the bolt up and rotating to the next step on
the square underside of the head. It works great, makes these branches go
together much quicker. Hmmm Ive got a few ball joints there somewhere too
and some of them were pretty tight from memory, might have to try that one
too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 14 May, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] adjustable vice

>         Shannell,  I have a set of vice grips welded to a ball joint that
> does exactly what you are looking to do.   The trick is to get a new ball
> joint from a yard sale or auto parts store so it is tight and stays where
> you put it.
>
> Ralph
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:47 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] adjustable vice
>
>
> > I am TIG welding a heap of leaves together at the moment and I think a
> vice
> > or clamp that can rotate and move would make things a lot easier. Im
> forever
> > taking the pieces in and out of the vice and have to put down/pick up
the
> > TIG torch and filler rod. Has anyone seen or made a clamp/vice of this
> type,
> > mabey with a ball and socket base so it can rotate and move freely, a
> > towball would do for ball but what about a socket? Any ideas, comments
> > appreciated.
> >
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