Todays shop time.

[BukitCase]

Sooo, lemme see if I got this right; you mount your (not light) roll-around vise to your roll-around table, and somehow they BOTH become immobile....

All kidding aside, I have that exact HF bender - also don't want it bolted to the floor. HF used to offer a "bench mount" version of that, don't remember what they did for a die rack but I'm tempted to cut mine down and just mount it on a receiver tube (but I haven't "receiver-ized" my 900# weld table yet, good thing I have about 20 StrongHand weld clamps for those "temp" jobs - AND a 12,000# backhoe with 7 receivers to choose from :laughing: ) ...Steve

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Well Ron, I made a trip to HF today and grabbed some 3in swivel casters. Finished painting and spot welded the casters. Mounted the vise and it rolls great and is sturdy enough... until I try to really 'use' the vise! :confused2: Just as you said BUT!

I think I have a solution that meets my requirements:

1. It isn't permanently mounted to my large steel table
2. It isn't permanently mounted to my concrete floor
3. I can wheel it around and store or even roll it outside

When I wheel it up to the side of my table I clamped it to see how stable it was and it was!!! :cool2:

So, my solution is to get a steel clamp that has a 9in opening or maybe better yet... drill a hole through the upright tube on the pedestal and holes in strategic locations along the sides/ends of my table so I can feed a long bolt or all thread and spacer and tighten the vise stand up against the table! Need that Mag drill again. Someday...!

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I have a small shop also, 1/2 of a garage. I use a lot of casters also. Have a large work bench and a smaller one I used the ball casters to keep the height down, they are already too high. I have several of those HF cheap 4 wheel dollys that I keep stuff mobile.

One small company shop I worked in; we put 1/2" flush anchors in the floor at the optimum location for each item we needed solid. Couple minutes to unbolt and move out of the way. Used winged bolts and kept them lubricated. no wrenches required. Several items we set up with the same footprint.

Ron

 

[dragoneggs]

Sooo, lemme see if I got this right; you mount your (not light) roll-around vise to your roll-around table, and somehow they BOTH become immobile....

All kidding aside, I have that exact HF bender - also don't want it bolted to the floor.

Gimmy a break Steve. All the casters have breaks!

My bender unfortunately IS anchored to the floor and I hate that it can't be moved... easily that is. One does need the torque for operating that vs a bench vise.

 

[BukitCase]

OK, just to show you I CAN be nice (dont tell anybody) here's an idea for you to (maybe) get your bender useful but less obnoxious... Steve

 

[Big Barn]

I bolted mine to the floor like dragoneggs taking advantage of an “outside corner” to keep it (kind of) out of the road.



Rolling the tool cabs out of the way provides 270° of swing.

 

[Big Barn]

For anyone planning on building a new shop I would consider vertical receivers mounted in the floor before pouring the concrete.

This is in the one in the concrete pad outside my shop’s front door.





It provides limitless options from temporary vise or grinder stands to an outdoor welding table. The crossbar anchor points are used for comealongs, straightening, pulling track etc.

 

[dragoneggs]

I bolted mine to the floor like dragoneggs taking advantage of an ç™»utside corner to keep it (kind of) out of the road.

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Rolling the tool cabs out of the way provides 270ï½° of swing.

Actually did something similar with a sort of outside corner. I might have gotten the idea from you. My wife hated it though... but that was when there was still room to park her car in my shop. Not anymore.



Today's shop time was to add a HF oil filter/dessicant dryer to my HF sandblast cabinet. Recently I have been getting occasional short blasts of moisture when blasting. Fit great with no bracketry required. Read the reviews and they aren't glowing but hoping I don't have a lemon and it takes care of my moisture problem. Surprising there are more 1 star reviews than 5 star reviews on the HF site (and I always thought they censored the review posts to skew the poll to the positive. If they do, I just wasted $59.99 minus 20%!

3/8 In. Desiccant Dryer with Oil Removal Filter

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My today's shop time was awful. Actually shed time. For years, I have been battling mice/rats in my garden shed which is actually part of the main house. The droppings and torn insulation, ripped open seed, fertilizer, etc. The smell that my wife said she could detect from inside the house proper finally made me get out and gut the shed, ceiling insulation, everything. All day job.

Had to wear a respirator. Smell bad. A couple dead rats and one live one. Six Hefty bags of crap. A full shop vac full of droppings and feed, etc. But I did get it done. Will need to re insulate. No pics. Just disgusting. I probably knocked off 5 years of my life even with the respirator.

Those bastard critters better not return. :smiley_aafz:

Shop vac makes some HEPA bags for their larger units. They are nice, but a little pricey. I always wear a good 3M respirator when doing anything where mice could have been. Hantavirus kills.

 

[cmyoung2]

I use tractor trailer brake drums for mounts, a little over 100 lbs each. Then I can either tilt and roll or us a hand truck to move them, Makes them pretty stable, Anvil is mounted on 3 15" rims welded together, same thing, can either tilt and roll or hand truck.

That is my big fear of casters... instability! As it is, the base isn't as much (weight) as I really desire. On the other hand, my shop is so small I seem to need to move tools around depending on the work. I might mount a couple fixed wheels such that I can tip and wheel.

Wood vs. Metal is the big problem. I started out long ago working with wood. Built kitchen cabinets to fine jewelry boxes. Now later in life I am getting into metal working. Space didn't increase unfortunately. Some day I (well on my bucket list) is my dream shop. Still won't be big enough... but until then I need as much on wheels as possible.

I have anchored a few things, like my HF bender into my concrete garage floor because of the torque required. But it isn't always not in the way.

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[dragoneggs]

I use tractor trailer brake drums for mounts, a little over 100 lbs each. Then I can either tilt and roll or us a hand truck to move them, Makes them pretty stable, Anvil is mounted on 3 15" rims welded together, same thing, can either tilt and roll or hand truck.

Ii like it. If I had 100+ lb round things to weld post mounts, I would have done the same.