[TheForge] Plate for my post vise

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

My favorite for a movable post vise is a vertical mount welded to 
the center of a 6' dia X 1/4" disk. You can crank  real hard  as 
long as you are standing on the disk. Tilt and roll to move.
I've got a big machinist vise on a mount with pegs that plugs 
into the Acorn table where ever needed.
Bought a light weight post vise that was pretty twisted up, rusty 
and missing parts for $10. Straightened it up and broke it loose, 
faked a handle and forged up a spring; mount still missing.
I use it  to influence metal when tongs are too lightweight and 
the bending forks won't do. It can also be clamped horizontally 
in a bigger vise .....pf

R.L. Groshans wrote:
> 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
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>> 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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