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There is about 3/8” difference in jaw height when fully closed. There was another post about misaligned jaws and that vise was heated and straightened to correct the problem. That’s when I noticed mine was slightly off. You’re right about the leg. I was just going to straighten it while I was correcting the other problem.
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The dill vise is a Wilton 1460. It was $5 with a bent screw. Easy fix on the press. Works great and has the quick release mechanism. I have shown the post vise before. It needed a washer and the rear Jaw/leg is bent. One day I’ll heat it up and get it back into shape on the press. The other 3 need some work to the jaw area. I don’t mind doing it for some quality vintage vises.
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All scrapyard finds. All need (needed) something but were had for $70 total. Unknown 4” post vise. Wilton 1460 Rock Island 574 Wilton 1750
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how big of a shop do i need
Rmartin2 replied to lumettamichel3's topic in Building, Designing a Shop
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I can do that no problem. It’s actually the perfect height when stood on end. I was just wondering if there was anything to be gained or lost by welding a harder steel to the top (when stood on end). I guess the reason I’m questioning it I because Of all the posts I have read regarding mass below the hammer and stacked welded steel vs efficiency. Will gaining a harder face be more beneficial over a (possible) loss of efficiency over welding to the existing plate?
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I have a lead on some forklift tines. Would welding a section of tine to the top benefit me at all? Would I compromise the mass I have with a tiny welded gap? I know I would gain harness, but would this be a waste of time? Am I over thinking this again?
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Never thought about it being cluttered but yeah you are right. My thought was to make a leg to fit between the anvil and stand to keep it from rotating. You’re absolutely right. I am expecting way too much from this. Welding a square tube was the plan as soon as I get that tap out of the hole.
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So after thinking about this for a couple of weeks I think I want to cut this thing in half to make it easier to handle. I had an idea to use one half as a die anvil and regular anvil on a rotational stand. Thoughts?
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Thanks for posting pics. I have one that is bent a little as well and this is exactly how I envisioned fixing it.
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Nope you construed it correctly based on the analogy used. Poorly worded on my part.
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After getting home and standing it up in the driveway it is actually perfect. It’s about 1/4 shorter than my Vulcan. It must have been sitting on some crap in the yard because it felt taller than that. Also I’m getting around 60% rebound. The hole in the top is 1-1/2” but there is a broken tap inside it. I guess I can break that tap out and sleeve it with some 1” square tubbing. Any comments or suggestions?
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Well this piece will be used for hammers and stuff I hit with them.
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Interesting to find the material stamped in the plate when I flipped it over. SA-387 grade 22
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From the angle of the picture, the face with the hole would be the top face. Ideally I would like to cut off the bottom protrusion which would get the top face close to or lower than where I need my anvil height. I could also cut it directly in half and have 2 anvils with upsetting blocks. I would hate to buy it and find out cutting this thing is more than I’m willing to spend. I never took any measurements but my guess is it’s about 3” thick. If I go back today I’ll be sure to bring a tape measure with me. The piece isn’t super hard so many cutoff wheels should eventually get through it.
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This. The Vulcan works fine for my skill and what I do. But I wouldn’t mind having a Brazeal style die anvil and this would work for that. I am uncertain of the trimming cost and that is holding me back some. Well that and the fact I can’t move this on my own.
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Ok so I saw this thing at my scrapyard. Not sure what it is, but Its just a huge hunk of steel that had an ok rebound with a ball peen hammer. Can anyone ID what it might have come off of? I was mixed on buying it as I have a decent 150# Vulcan and I would need to trim this plate to be at the correct height to work on. What do y’all think? Edit: this thing was probably 300#
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Thanks. I really need some more tooling to make this right. It was a scrapyard in Pasadena called L&F. It’s really small but the stock rotates quite often.
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Wow it’s been a year and a half already? So I decided I would make the bevel washer that should have been in the screw. After a couple of trips to the scrapyard I found a really thick piece of pipe that looked like it would do the trick. I cut a section off and started upsetting it. After some more pounding, cutting, and grinding I wound up with something acceptable. The bevel isn’t perfect but it won’t be putting that pressure directly on the vice face anymore
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I was at the demo for a couple of hours and I'll say that you did some very fine work. You were also very professional the way you interacted with the audience. Great job.
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Glad my avatar helped with your mystery. I didn't know what those things went for new. I figured they were in the scrapyard because the were no good. There were many there when I grabbed mine, but only got the one. I took a break from forging for a while so the bit is in the same condition. I still plan to do something with but I have no idea when. I will definitely post pics of whatever comes of it.