Looking for vise attachment ideas.

[dragoneggs]

I was wondering about that too. That's why I was thinking that maybe you could mount the receiver on the edge for more solid support and just insert the up side down vise into the back of the receiver for storage underneath but I didn't word it very well ????

gg

Aha... yeah flipping it over and inserting backside maybe? Definitely worth playing with... I think I have a loose receiver but it not worth buying another and give it a go this weekend. My smaller vices are currently clamped to my small work table 2ft x 4ft 1/2in plate mounted to an old salvaged Craftsman rollaway. The small vice and my ring roller are directly clamped. My medium sized vice is 'Click Bonded' to a small plate that I clamp down. This way I can move and clamp it other places and make my platform completely free of attached stuff on working surface if I want.

 

[cmyoung2]

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Here are pictures of vise and anvil. One vise base has scrap flat across the brake drum, the other has a rotor as the base covering the hole. Got the brake drums from a scrap yard, like most of my metal.

 

[bcp]

HF has a start, if you don't want to make your own.

To go under the bench:
3500 Lb. Step Bumper Receiver
5000 lb. Step Bumper Receiver

Vise mount:
Hitch Mount Vise Plate

Bruce

 

[dragoneggs]

HF has a start, if you don't want to make your own.

To go under the bench:
3500 Lb. Step Bumper Receiver
5000 lb. Step Bumper Receiver

Vise mount:
Hitch Mount Vise Plate

Bruce

That's cheating... I just found a long piece of 2in by 1/8in and a hitch I was modifying for a different project. My problem is I don't think I have enough under table space. 11in by 24in is area to work in for concealed under mount. Dang vise is 60lbs. Not sure hanging off my table will make it too easy (top heavy) to flip my cart!

 

[bigtiller]

I sure like my mobil vice. Being able to put it in any position has come in handy.

 

[jmc]

I sure like my mobil vice. Being able to put it in any position has come in handy.

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Agree. I have something similar (a vice on a 18" long section of 10" wide channel iron). Heavy enough to stay put for most things. Like yours, the vice is mounted near the channel's edge so it can overhang for clamping long work, or clamp short work over the channel's footprint for hammering. Also handy when working at floor level.

Off topic, but I use it a lot on my hydraulicly raised roll-around table. Clamp the part and then set the exact height for comfortable angle grinding, filing, pounding, etc. (a little noisy when pounding, with all that sheet metal supporting it) Without the vise on it, that adjustable height table is perfect for transferring a load out of the pickup and rolling it into the shop. Or as an extended table for table saws.

 

[Rustyiron]

I think Big Barn need's to do a shop (his) thread:thumbsup:
What's that little break/rollformer/shear? Look's like a handy little item!

 

[KubotainNH]

I think Big Barn need's to do a shop (his) thread:thumbsup:
What's that little break/rollformer/shear?

Some of these pictures do give me shop envy.

 

[Big Barn]

Mine was a garage sale find. The seller couldn't 'get it to work'.

It only needed the packing grease cleaned off and adjusting.

12" Combination 3-in-1 Sheet Metal Machine | Grizzly Industrial

It has its limitations but is handier for forming intricate pieces than a larger machine.

Terry

 

[GManBart]

A great reference for vise and grinder stand ideas is this thread over on Garage Journal....hundreds of ideas.

Vise and Grinder stands. I'm looking for ideas on how to use several in limited space - The Garage Journal Board

I bought a couple of dozer sprockets at the local scrap yard (105lbs each) that I'm going to weld together, then weld an I-beam vertically and finish with a heavy flat plate to bolt a really big vise on. The vise is too tall to put on a normal bench, so it has to be on a dedicated bench, or stand built to the correct height. I plan to add a set of wheels on the back so I can tip it onto the wheels and roll it wherever I want. The vise is 200lbs, the stand will be at least 300lbs, so I think it's going to be pretty solid.

The local scrap yard had a bin of semi-truck brake drums that are a popular choice for a base...some folks fill them with concrete as I recall.

Here's the vise...a Wilton C3 which has 6" jaws, pipe jaws, and weighs right at 200lbs: