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truckdiagnostics
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i like it so the vise on the bench flips out of the way. so for the big projects you can slid flat across table.
you notch end of tube so it flips down. and cut slot for through bolt.
you get to the end of the slot it stops the tube from coming out and acts as pivot. vise flips down out of the way
texasranger556
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I love the idea, but from this angle it looks like a shin buster!
truckdiagnostics
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if you think about it, your two inch receiver doesn't go in that far on say your truck and it is pretty sold. The one pictured is not a receiver tube as it is a smaller vise. I have made them out of 2" receiver tubes and they are not going anywhere. The one pictured is plenty sold. Slot it with your grinder, i use a 1/4" bolt all it needs to be is a stop and then slot does not need to be as wide.
chim
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Pretty much finished my table yesterday. What a huge improvement in working conditions. Until now, any welding work I've done at home has been either on a pair of saw horses with a piece of plywood on them, or just grovelling about on my knees on the blacktop. At some point it might see some paint, but I doubt it.
The top is 3/8" thick 3' x 4' steel with a 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1/4 frame under it. There's at least a 2-1/2" clamping area all around. Cable hangers are pieces of large EMT with some 3/8" allthread to keep the cables on. Floor jack idea stolen from an earlier post here is a must - I work in the (sloping) driveway. I don't worry about having the table itself level because I haven't worked on anything that squares didn't suffice.
The vise is bolted on with 4 bolts and if I find the need to use the entire table more than a few times, I'll do something with a piece of receiver for it. The drawer is made from an unused electrical panel can found in a pile of stuff at work. Flat bar on one side provides a place to hang clamps, and serves as a handy place to connect a ground. The wheels are swivel on one end only (floor jack end) and are large enough to roll over the difference in elevation to get it into the garage easily.
First project was repairing the 6' scraper blade we were using on the Ford this week at the church. It appears the factory welds didn't have very good penetration. Several just peeled off one side, and it looked like two of the 7 different welds actually grabbed both sides. One ripped a small piece of the horizontal square tube out and one vertical weld broke, leaving half the weld on each piece. What is quite remarkable is that this blade was used for 10 years on the B7500, then 5 more on the Ford 1210 before it came apart.
For the most part, the factory welds were very convex and looked like caterpillars seeking refuge in the joints of the metal. I cleaned all the old stuff off and added a piece of flat bar where the heavy vertical square tube connects to the lighter horizontal tube that runs on the back side of the blade. Since the work is being done outdoors, I'm using flux core. And because I need practice, the welds were done in whatever position the blade was in. The reinforcement was welded in the vertical position.
The top is 3/8" thick 3' x 4' steel with a 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1/4 frame under it. There's at least a 2-1/2" clamping area all around. Cable hangers are pieces of large EMT with some 3/8" allthread to keep the cables on. Floor jack idea stolen from an earlier post here is a must - I work in the (sloping) driveway. I don't worry about having the table itself level because I haven't worked on anything that squares didn't suffice.
The vise is bolted on with 4 bolts and if I find the need to use the entire table more than a few times, I'll do something with a piece of receiver for it. The drawer is made from an unused electrical panel can found in a pile of stuff at work. Flat bar on one side provides a place to hang clamps, and serves as a handy place to connect a ground. The wheels are swivel on one end only (floor jack end) and are large enough to roll over the difference in elevation to get it into the garage easily.
First project was repairing the 6' scraper blade we were using on the Ford this week at the church. It appears the factory welds didn't have very good penetration. Several just peeled off one side, and it looked like two of the 7 different welds actually grabbed both sides. One ripped a small piece of the horizontal square tube out and one vertical weld broke, leaving half the weld on each piece. What is quite remarkable is that this blade was used for 10 years on the B7500, then 5 more on the Ford 1210 before it came apart.
For the most part, the factory welds were very convex and looked like caterpillars seeking refuge in the joints of the metal. I cleaned all the old stuff off and added a piece of flat bar where the heavy vertical square tube connects to the lighter horizontal tube that runs on the back side of the blade. Since the work is being done outdoors, I'm using flux core. And because I need practice, the welds were done in whatever position the blade was in. The reinforcement was welded in the vertical position.
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fried1765
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I had a Wilton in my garage years ago, and my house burned.
I cleaned it up (sand blasted & painted), and I still use it regularly.
Replacement coverage fire insurance bought me a brand new one. It is still in the new box...somewhere in my barn.
I talked to both of the local metal sellers I know, Rose and Wheeler. Neither carry receiver tube and they said if I did find it I would pay 2 to 3 times the price for it. Suggested I look at trailer sales / fab places and Harbor freight. We have two Harbor Freights in Springfield. I now have my receiver tube 
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