[TheForge] Plate for my post vise

[R.L. Groshans]

Yes, please post pictures of the vise stand.  Mine is mounted to a car tire 
rim, welded only by the foot in to one of the lug bolt holes.  It wobbles 
more than a Weeble.

Rodney
(trying to get basic equipment set up)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Gladish" <gladish at cnw.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:21 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plate for my post vise


> 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.
>
>
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