I don't know if it would work for your application,  but you can always mount a vise to a receiver hitch insert and work off the back end of a truck.

Working height and grinding/welding near a vehicle are the concerns there....   

I guess I shall concentrate on getting the other *crap* organized, IE the file cabinets all painted and mounted on Casters... then re-evaluate the indoor/outdoor situation.  (or keep an eye out for a decent second vise to mount outside permanently)

I don't know if it would work for your application,  but you can always mount a vise to a receiver hitch insert and work off the back end of a truck.

you could anchor a semi drum flange to your floor the weld the stand to the drum.

I fastened mine to the coincrte floor

Quote from: goodfellow on May 15, 2024, 01:27:39 PM

I've tried that, and the only drums that are stable enough for heavy work are the HD truck drums --mid-sized or semi trucks. I also bolted the drums into the floor to be able to apply lateral torque on the vise. Worked well enough for many years. The good thing was that you had plenty of room around the vise stand, vs. a vise mounted in a workbench.

The problem I would have with not having the stand secured is many items I put into a vice involve stuck fasteners. Which often involve cheater bars I mean engineered torque multiplication devices, hammers, heat wrench, and bad words. Not having the vice mounted rock solid would only result in more bad words. Even with a semi brake drum I would think this would be a problem.

As I said, I sunk bolts into the concrete floor and fastened the drum to those bolts. the pedestal was 6" pipe and the vise would not move when applying lateral torque with a breaker or cheater bar.

Turn around and go back.....

Keep coming across blue collar vs white collar job conversations lately, and I'm tired of asking the Mrs. what they mean. Came up with a rough mnemonic to remember. White collar are typically office worker types, whereas blue collar are more manual labor types.
So, white collar wear white collared shirts (more office attire), and blue collar wear more blue jeans (for manual labor).

Maybe someone has a better idea.