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Vise mounting ideas

Justin V

Justin V

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Been rearranging the garage

Out with the old and in with ?

My vise is a big bi-atch. (See picture, with small block for reference)

Old bench is going bye bye. I'm not sure how to build something to mount it. I want it to go where the extension is mounted now.

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Food for thought. Had one mounted on a wheel-pedestal for awhile. Could roll it out in the driveway and stuff. Was useful.

Mounted this one on the corner closest to the car door. Cuz fire
 
I do have access to big rig brake drums...
 
But its close to the door, so fire can go outside.



Or in...
 
put on a pedestal and hammer drill some anchors into the concrete. You can then move it around for doing light stuff and also lock it to the concrete when you need it strongly held in place. Best option when dealing with limited space....
 
I've seen a guy who mounted his vise mounted to a work bench using a thick plate to match the base,and a 2" hunk of square tubing welded to the plate..and he got an old class 3 trailer hitch from a boneyard and bolted it under his work bench...
Now he can slide it out and use it elsewhere,or on the trailer hitch on his truck...thought it was a clever idea..
 
Well there hasn't been much B.S. in this thread since you spelled it properly...
( not Vice...)

But what about mount it to the brake drum, with kicker bars inside of the drum, then turn it upside down and fill it with concrete?
Make sure to leave the mud below the drum lip so that the the drum lip is the main support, not the concrete.
 
I have a tractor trailer brake drum with a 6 inch dia pipe welded to a piece of half inch plate that my vice is bolted to...it works pretty well. you can tip it on its lip and walk it like a welding tank to move it around. mine has nothing inside it and its still super heavy..like you cant lift it off the ground heavy. the trailer hitch is good idea too
 
I have one mounted to the center of my osb bench, then one mounted to my mobile fab/welding cart. The welding cart one can be removed easily with a few bolts.
 
I guess that I mentioned adding more weight to the brake drum because I am used to the vise at my work. When it's bolted to the floor, out away from the bench, you can test the mounting!!!
I don't see the drum and pipe as heavy enough to stay put well. Don't know how much the concrete would help though.
 
We had a huge vise at the junkyard that was "anchored" by a 55 gallon drum cut in half,filled with crushed stone & cement..it never moved while you were using it,even if you were whaling on something clamped in it with a 20 lb. sledge hammer...
--But to move it we had to use the forkloader..unless you wanted to risk flipping it on its side and roll it,it was possible for one guy to move it on asphalt or concrete that way,stopping it once you got it rolling was quite a challenge though..
 
Maybe a permanently mounted receiver set-up, that way other tools can be mounted as need, then stored out of the way when not needed/in use.
Here's a couple of how mine looks. By no means do I take credit for coming up with this, as its a pretty common method for mounting tools. Similar to Diesel4me's explanation from a few posts up.
Never mind the surrounding mess.
vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

 
byrdman said:
Maybe a permanently mounted receiver set-up, that way other tools can be mounted as need, then stored out of the way when not needed/in use.
Here's a couple of how mine looks. By no means do I take credit for coming up with this, as its a pretty common method for mounting tools. Similar to Diesel4me's explanation from a few posts up.
Never mind the surrounding mess.
vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

vise/receiver

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Is that the swag tube roller?
 
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