eseemann Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Good Morning Folks, I have been mulling a leg vise for a while and I saw this video on YouTube where the smith made the vise out of forklift tine! I got to wonder how long it took to cut the hole for the screw with the a hole saw. No spring on the vise but it seems like a good concept. This is a tool that looks like it will last for a very long time. I don't know if he is on IFI but I would not mind seeing more of his stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel h Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 That's a beast ,also could be used as an anvil. I think I would take it to a machine shop ,let water jet cut the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Funny story about water cutting. I went to L Miller and Sons here in Huntsville to ask about how much it costs to water jet or plasma cut something. They told me "we can't tell you a price without a design to work from" bottom line they could not tell me anything about pricing w/o a CAD file to put in the system. I figured I would go for something just across the border in to crazy land so I gave them a CAD file for a swage block. When I checked back with them they wanted to know what I was smoking. They asked "do you know how much it will cost to cut that!" I told them I did not know since they can't give me a price w/o a CAD file. The guy went on to tell me that it costs a given dollar figure per minute or work and the water jet needs some number of minutes per inch of thickness for a given number of linear inches. I thanked the guy and told him that is what I needed to know. I told him I was sorry for submitting such a large item but that was all I had on hand and I really had no idea how much it cost. I guess when you are elbows deep in CNC water and plasma cutting day in and day out you forget what the uninitiated may or may not know. Ether way I agree that getting a water cut hole in this case would be the best idea. Ernest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Don't under estimate hole saws - although I was just cutting thru A36 plate - but I cut 2 holes 2" diameter thru 1" thick plate in less than 45 minutes with a cheap Ace Hardware hole saw and A Millwakee mag drill on low speed. The hole saw - other than the paint worn on it was still like new when I finished. Also - no oil (such a messy deal) just compressed air to keep it cool. Just the other day I used a 1-3/8" hole saw to cut a couple holes in some 3" pipe for welding in a pipe sleeve for an adjustable hinge with threaded 3/4" rod. I love hole saws!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 56 minutes ago, jeremy k said: Don't under estimate hole saws I try not to underestimate any tool and not over estimate my skill or ability. I can break darn near anything! Ernest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I have a friend who could break an anvil in a sand box. You could also give him two steel ball bearings and lock him in a sealed room, within an hour he would have lost one and broken the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I remember reading once that a "standard issue Marine could be expected to break an anvil with a rubber mallet!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I resemble that, Thomas. Semper Fi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 My Grandfather was in the Marines at a little dust up called Iwo Jima; he told me that marines don't shave, they just pound the whiskers in with a hammer and bite them off from the inside! I hope to see him this spring; been trying to visit every year now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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