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.

Particularly the Seattle/Redmond area...  Anything I should do/see in my downtime??? I'm guessing After July 4th at this pint... but can't pin an exact date yet.   I'll likely be out there a week at least, and I have a little flexibility on my flights.

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

That's the option for inside, but if I'm cutting or grinding, I'm wanting to do it outside, as (saw)dust collection only does so much......   Guess I'll keep an eye on Marketplace...  Maybe someone will post something to anchor it to outside....