[TheForge] Fw: Benches

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Another reason is that a vise gets in the way of large 
pieces on the bench top.

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 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
>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> 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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