[TheForge] Plate for my post vise..OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I had to save up really a lot of acorns Mike...pf

Mike wrote:
>> 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
>