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06-13-2006, 04:29 PM
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 Show me your vise
Show me your vise and how it is set up.
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06-13-2006, 04:42 PM
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| My Vise Table
This is my 100lb post vise mounted to a steel table. I also have a cheap Harbor Freight machinest vice attached to the other corner.
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06-13-2006, 04:45 PM
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| post vise with no post
Ok, it is a post vise without the post, or a leg vise without the leg. Any suggestions on what it really is and why it has no leg? And if it has no post, how can it be a post vise?
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06-13-2006, 06:56 PM
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It appears to be a wagon tounge vise / to be attached to the tounge of a covered wagon as they headed west
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06-13-2006, 07:51 PM
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Here are some vices I have seen in my travels. Peyton
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06-13-2006, 09:10 PM
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Post vise behind the anvil is mounted on steel i-beam and steel plate, between 400 - 500 lbs total.
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06-13-2006, 09:20 PM
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My vise 5 " columbian mounted on boxed in I beam 3 feet in the ground in concrete. Several spares in case I wear this one out
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06-13-2006, 10:08 PM
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My Demo Vise, not to heavy to move around easily, but quite stable.
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10-14-2007, 05:00 AM
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5 inch jaw vise at a hammer in.
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10-14-2007, 10:32 AM
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Here's the 2 I use. One inside one in the forge shop outside.
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