[TheForge] Fw: Benches

[Bruce Freeman]

One reason NOT to mount a vise to a bench is that it's really  nice to
be able to walk around the vise, especially when upsetting.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:52 PM, David E. Smucker
<davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Graham,
>
> It is not so much wood versus metal but a real question do you want to mount
> a vise to a bench.  By the way it is a vise, not a vice (blacksmiths have
> lots of those too, and I have misspelled it more time that I can count
> myself.)
>
> For me one of the most important thing about a vise is the ability to work
> all the way around it.  Not just from the handle side.  Some folks even call
> a leg vise a post vise since many were mounted to a wood post set in the
> ground.  The John C. Campbell Folk School had all of their vises set this
> way for many years.  In the new shop they are all on a metal post.
>
> I have both a leg vise for blacksmith / hot metal work and a machinist or
> engineer's vise for file work.  The file vise is higher but also set on a
> steel stand so I can work all around it without resetting the adjustable
> base.  I used this vise a lot in the days I was building bicycle frames.
>
> My leg vise is set on a metal stand that also holds my large swage block.
> Works well most of the time but some times the block get in the way a little
> when I want to work from the "back side".  I did a blacksmith newsletter
> article on this stand --  Graham, let me know if you want a copy and I can
> send it to you.
>
> Dave Smucker
> Brasstown, NC
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Graham Whaley" <graham.whaley at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:56 AM
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> Subject: [TheForge] Benches
>
>> I need to build a bench to mount the leg vices on, and probably an
>> engineers
>> vice as well. Question is, do I make it out of wood or metal? What do you
>> folks prefer?
>> Making a bench out of wood for beating hot metal near doesn't immediately
>> seem like the best idea :-)
>>
>>  Graham
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Bruce
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