[TheForge] Plate for my post vise

[Andy Gladish]

In my shop I have a vise stand that I'm very happy with.
Picture a T on the floor made of fairly heavy rectangular tubing.
There's a small foot on the bottom of each of the branches, so that it has
sturdy three-point stance. I have a gravel floor, so this is very important.
Where the T intersects, there's an upright piece of the same square or
rectangular tubing, with a plate on top.
The vise's mounting plate bolts to this plate, the foot sits in a hole in
the top of the floor T.
It ends up a little tall for heavy pounding, but just about right for most
forging and bending operations.
And it beats the heck out of most stands because you can really lean on the
vise handle if you need to get things really tight, because it has a wide
stance.

It took about half an hour to make, no big project.

I could post a pic if anyone is interested.

Andy G.