Getting everything to fit in this box is a difficult task.  Some of these pieces are hard to find.

https://wiltontools.com/vises/truck-hitch-vises/atv-all-terrain-vises/

I'd love a hitch vice but not really in my budget currently. generally if I need stuff "held down" I'll c clamp or other wise get it fastened to the trailer.

I did the big truck drum with a vice and it is pretty handy for stuff and I can tilt it and roll it around like a cylinder .



the vice came from an employer who was throwing it away as the jaws were "stuck" and the horse shoe collar has been unceremoniously removed by force before it came into my possession. I made one then discovered a guy can buy a brand new one directly from Wilton. I did weld up the holes redrill and tap so the collar would work. I'm wanting a pipe jaw as one was missing so I have to buy a set one of these days.






I cut out a mounting plate from 3/16" flat and welded it onto a 6x6 piece of square tubing as the riser. I didn't think trying to weld to the drum was a good idea so I cut out a circle from the 3/16" plate and "cut" holes in it for some allthread , washers and nuts to hold it to the drum.

I like this one with the old bowling ball. might try to do it one of these days. adjust it to your hearts content. haha

Frank has lost interest in the site.

I was on HJ Epsteins site the other day and learned a few things I didn't know about grooved rules (the kind used by both machinists, and woodworkers with tri square heads. According to the guys a HJE, for a number of years the only companies producing grooved rules were Starrett and PEC. So for decades HJE has sold PEC factory seconds of PEC grooved rules that had the brand ground off of them. 

So, the big news is that PEC was bought out by another company and will discontinue selling factory seconds grooved rules. Upon learning that news HJE found and bought thousands of grooved rules since they will not have an ongoing supplier in the near future.  They said they will have 17 various types of grooved rules available online  within the next few weeks. Of course the resource I spoke of in my thread about purchasing several seconds grooved rules from the yardstore will likely run out of their inventory fairly quickly too since they are selling PEC seconds too.

The big news to me was that PEC used to produce their grooved rules for many other brands except for Starrett. So, with Starrett absorbed by another company, and now the same thing happening only a couple of months later, it is feasible that the availability of either of these brands as USA made might be in question.

That looks fantastic! Gonna get me one of those to add to my goodie pile!