post leg vise stand

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pike3e

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I recently aquired a post leg vise and want to mount it securely to a stand so that it is mobile and not stuck on my bench which is not very close to the forge. Any pics or ideas on a solid stand that I could move easily with a dolly.

Thanks

John
 
Here's mine:

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Don't have photos, but the neatest one I saw was on a truck tire. They had welded a piece of 3-4" pipe to the rim, and the vise was bolted to a flat top piece. The height was such that the leg stud sat in one of the lug holes. The tire had been filled with cement. The thing was solid, but could be tipped at 45 degrees and rolled about. Probably cost nothing but the price of a bag or two of quickrete. Tire/rim and pipe are readily available as free scrap.
Stacy
 
A good one for if you do alot of demonstrations, strap/bolt it to a 55 gallon drum, when you get where you want to be, fill it with water (doubles as a slack tub), when you are ready to leave, just open the bunghole and let it drain. I think 55 gallons of water weighs like, 400 pounds.
 
I was over at Cliff Parker's shop today and he had his on a stand made from 4 inch square tube with a big plate of what looked like 1/4 inch welded to the bottom and a small plate on top where the vice mounting plate was bolted.
 
Nice set up Karl!:thumbup:
I have a couple of leg vises in the shed that I've wanted to make "portable"("portable" Is that really a term we can use?)
Your set up has given me some ideas.
Thanks for this thread...
Mace
 
bladsmth said:
Don't have photos, but the neatest one I saw was on a truck tire. They had welded a piece of 3-4" pipe to the rim, and the vise was bolted to a flat top piece. The height was such that the leg stud sat in one of the lug holes. The tire had been filled with cement. The thing was solid, but could be tipped at 45 degrees and rolled about. Probably cost nothing but the price of a bag or two of quickrete. Tire/rim and pipe are readily available as free scrap.
Stacy
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I've done this and it works great.

If you do go with a steel plate instead, make it considerably thicker than you think would be necessary. I've done it with 1/4 inch and it's not enough. The sheet flexes and bounces more than you'd expect, thus the vise head bobs around.

I'll see if I can snap some photos tomorrow.
 
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