[TheForge] Plate for my post vise

[Mike]

> 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.

I have about the same. A 4'x4' piece of 1/4" plate on the floor.  In
the center are a small round socket (piece of pipe) and a 4" square
socket (fabricated box) welded on. I have a piece of 4" square HSS
with a plate cap welded on one end to of which my 8" vise
attaches in the conventional, old-fashioned way.

I can pick the vise & post unit up with a recently acquired engine
hoist and drop it into the sockets.  Use the hoist to lift if off and
stow it, then pick the plate up, also with the hoist, and stow it on
edge out of the way or move it outside if needed.

As Peter says, when you're standing on the plate, you can do most
anything.  

That said, I know from experience that the plate shouldn't extend into
a high-traffic path.  A quarter inch is just enough, when you're
expecting a flat deck, to trip over.

> I've got a big machinist vise on a mount with pegs that plugs into
> the Acorn table where ever needed.

Ah, now I'd like that.  I keep watching for an acorn plate.

- Mike

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