ThomasPowers Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Use it on the drill press! Chinese cast iron vises are known for their fragility under stress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Dodge, I use a similar vise for welding together my sculptures. It is really hand for holding pieces in a multitude of positions. Additional magnets strategically placed helps hold the pieces until it is all tacked together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Thanks for looking! One downside to using as a drill press vise is its weight. (probably 40#s or so) As I also have a Chinese made drill press ala "Horror Fright" it doesn't have the strongest table. It already has a little bit of flex when I drill larger holes or harder materials. I would want to support the table or even re-fabricate a stronger one; not really something I plan to add to the ever growing "list" LOL I do, however like Sask Mark's idea of the "third hand" which is sort of what I had in mind initially anyway. Perhaps a combo stand that could sit under the drill with the table swung out of the way and still be able to use as a stand-alone vise. For heavier clamping power, I still have my Wilton beast I posted earlier in this thread Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 That sounds like a cool plan Dodge. I fastened mine to a base plate with a 1 1/2" square post on it. I just drop it into a hole on my platen when I want to weld something, and pull it out when I need the room on the platen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I bought this one from a yard sale. It mounted on a railroad tie the inside of a metal can filled with busted concrete . then it filled with wet concrete. The base is a 2-10 pressure treated lumber with a piece of metal on top of that . It has four 8 in long lag bolt drilled into the railroad tie. It all shiny from a good spray of wd-40 . Next it my post vice that I bought at a local fleamarket. I brought it home last summer and wire brushed the rust off and tried to take the scew out but would come out so i left. me and my neighbor made a home stand for . I dediced to take it apart agion this summer and give it a good cleaning. Then the the screw and the box come out with out a fight. I used some brake cleaner to clean inside the holes and box. put it back togeither then hosed it down with wd-40.It did not come with a spring or the mont braket and the bolt for the pivit was missing.I left the handle red for i know where it is in my dark building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank Turley Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 This is one of my favorites, a two inch jaw bench vise, but essentially made just like the early English leg vises. A number of small vises were made in Germany, but they usually have a plate covering the spring area, and they are later models than this one. The rule in the pic is 7" long. I made the lower jamming handle, the spring(2" long), and reattached the underneath-bench washer. It came from eBay about 3 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 This is my personal vise, a Peter Wright with 6 7/8" jaws. I haven't been on eBay for maybe 3 years, but this one came via eBay. It was missing its spring, U-shackle, mounting plate, wedge, and gib key. It took me a long day, and I was able to make those parts. It is mounted on a square timber. Whoops. Forgot to put on the paper clip. See next page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Forgot to attach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Only one foot vise? Well I have two Hope you like. Lets see more foot operaded vise's Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elemental Metal Creations Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Here is my $15, 5" Indian Chief. I didn't even know what kind of vice it was when I stole it! I have almost ripped the bench apart using it. I will be making a new bench shortly and will post new pics then. I also have a big Wilton and several other vices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 The first Indian Chief vise that I saw was owned by a Taos Pueblo Indian shop teacher, Eliseo Concha, at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico! The conformation of the Indian Chiefs is the same as the Columbians which were made by the Columbus Forge and Iron Works in Columbus, Ohio. I glimmed "Anvils in America" which says a litle about vises. Postman says that the Columbus Forge & Iron Works was associated with Trenton anvil manufacture. I think they also made vises in the early 1900's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 i have a few vises some in good shape and one 6inch post vice that was used hard and left out side until i came across it and a 5 3/4 incher my 6incher mounted on 3 rims from a schoolbus and 4 blocks of 4x4 movable but relatively stable just a nice little 4incher that i picked up its mounted on a piece of angle iron and some plate steel with one large bolt that ankers that back of the plate to the workbench and the front is held in the wood clamp so i can take it on and off if i need a flat space to work same with the small wire brush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick builds trains Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (copied from my thread) Well after many hours scratching my head wondering where in the jumbled mess known as the shed it was hiding, I finally located the post vice I knew I had. After stripping it down and disposing of a few 8 legged nasties the work began. First i had to remove the front jaw, and strip back the pivot boss so it would move freely, i than sprayed it with SPS (Switch Plate Spray, used in the rail industry for lubricating pointwork, its a spray on powdered graphite) than to clean up the old grease from the thread and box, easy done with a rag. after looking at the old bolt it had as a handle i decided to make a new handle, an hour on the lathe and the end result is rather nice. I than dunked the threaded section in a bucket of grease and re assembled the whole thing. Its got 4.5" jaws and stands about 3' 7" tall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdypart Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 anyone know the historical/technical reason for the collar-knob on the bottom of the post? I'm assuming that it's supposed to be sunk into a piece of wood or metal but don't really see anyone bothering..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 anyone know the historical/technical reason for the collar-knob on the bottom of the post? I'm assuming that it's supposed to be sunk into a piece of wood or metal but don't really see anyone bothering..... People who don't bother are either lazy or ignorant of the proper way to install a leg vise. The peg on the bottom is supposed to be mounted into a hole in the floor. If you don't the vise will be a not very effective tool it will move around when you do any heavy work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Even my travel vise has a bottom plate to rest in/on that gets staked to the ground so I can give a good pull without the vise trying to turn sideways. My 100 pound vise in my shop is resting on/in a large grader blade (dirt floor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Probably only a vise aficionado like me would go ape over this "transitional English leg vise." It appears to have elements of both the early composite, brazed vises (a tenon for attachment) and the later solid box vises. It has the conformation of a Peter Wright and has a 5 1/16" jaw width. It's possible that Peter Wright was able to make the solid box, but had not yet got to the wrap-around shackle, because ot its having the tenon and wedge. Addendum. Sorry I was unable to attach a photo. I'll keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdypart Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks Stewart, and others... i will just incorporate something in the base of the vise stand/table i am fabricating, 'cause it'll be on concrete floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Had to get a pic of this one, Tim from craigslist was showing me his collection of smithing gear, never seen one like it very nifty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I like the way that the center of that vise doesn't have the screw getting in the way of long pieces in it's jaws; I had to admonish some students not to pound on a piece resting on the screw cover of a vise last Sunday... It doesn't do much for me save for being an oddity---I don't see myself converting any of the ones I already have to that style. Thanks for showing it though; I bet Frank will get a kick out of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I like it... not only is it open though it has to help to keep the jaws from racking... I wonder why it didnt catch on? seems like a great design... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meancoyote Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 its about 55 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 That's a "new" one isn't it? Nice looking but probably way pricy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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