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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Vise Stand - Options??
« Last post by goodfellow on May 15, 2024, 06:54:05 PM »you could anchor a semi drum flange to your floor the weld the stand to the drum.I fastened mine to the coincrte floor
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 involvecheater barsI 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.