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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by mdlbldrmatt135 on Today at 10:08:40 AM »
It dies, but I'm not crazy about doing occasional welding inside the garage, where it's mostly woodworking tools....  kinda why I was leaning toward a 'movable' one....
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by highland512 on Today at 08:58:33 AM »
Your shop area have a concrete floor? Fab a stand with a plate on the bottom and anchor it into the floor. There are some concrete anchors that are removable if that's a concern.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: No shop is complete without an office....
« Last post by mdlbldrmatt135 on Today at 08:57:48 AM »
In a way, I miss Board Drafting...  I have found myself swearing at CAD models occasionally going "I could have had this crap done on a board by now." when trying to redo stuff originally done on a board. But of course, the CAD software tends to "require" 8+ decimal places as an "absolute" minimum, and anything less won't compute.  Yeah whatever you stupid computer.... LOL

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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: New online tool store to check out!
« Last post by mdlbldrmatt135 on Today at 08:48:41 AM »
HJE is great, I've ordered from them a few times......   A like for this new place would be good!

EDIT:  found it:  https://www.theyardwichita.com/
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by mdlbldrmatt135 on Today at 08:40:16 AM »
Quote from: highland512 on Today at 08:20:50 AM
Brake drum works well for bench grinders and such.... Never had a vice on one. I would guess as long as you don't have anything heavier than the drum in the vice you would be fine.

That's where I'm at....   In a way the bigger diameter would be more stable, and allow me to add sandbags or whatever for weight, but at the same time, it'll likely get in the way.    I don't have to wrench or reef on stuff too often, but there is a need to occasionally!!!  at this point I'm only doing light fab work, but who  knows what I'll get into later on....
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by highland512 on Today at 08:20:50 AM »
Brake drum works well for bench grinders and such.... Never had a vice on one. I would guess as long as you don't have anything heavier than the drum in the vice you would be fine.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Computer guided tractors
« Last post by highland512 on Today at 08:17:45 AM »
Dad and I had a good chuckle last Saturday as we were working dirt and planting with 1980's and 90's equipment while the guy down the road had $500,000+ in machinery sitting idle for 3.5 hours due to guidance outages.............

But he probably laughs at us driving by hand while he is eating his lunch and watching YouTube while harvesting  :P
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by mdlbldrmatt135 on Today at 08:07:47 AM »
OK,  Don't really have a bench in the shop, I generally use the table saw with a sheet of hardboard on it, when I need a large flat surface.  I don't really want to mount the vise to the toolbox, so I'm planning a stand that I could move around as needed. My driveway is a mix of really old asphalt and gravel....

I have 2 ideas:

A) A $5/10 junkyard special rim/tire filled with concrete (it'd be about 30" in dia and 9" tall)

B) try to find a Steel Budd wheel or Brake drum from a big truck and do the same. (this would be 17" to 24" in dia. and about 7-8" tall)

Thoughts???
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DAILY DRIVERS/GROCERY GETTERS / Re: Replacing coil connectors on Toyota vehicles --
« Last post by goodfellow on Today at 07:09:09 AM »
Quote from: Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on Today at 12:15:07 AM
How many miles on the old girl?
Getting close to 165K Galaxie. It's my daughter's car, and her job requires her to visit clients throughout her workday. Hence it gets a lot of miles. Given the sorry state of new vehicle quality and complexity these days, this old Highlander is a keeper. She loves it, and it'll run another 100K miles easy.

While I have it, I'll do a fluid service on it as well.
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DAILY DRIVERS/GROCERY GETTERS / Re: Replacing coil connectors on Toyota vehicles --
« Last post by Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on Today at 12:15:07 AM »
How many miles on the old girl?
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