kazlx
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I have a big Hollands that I plan on putting on it. That's the bed of my Tundra.
Vise and Grinder stands. I'm looking for ideas on how to use several in limited space
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drivesitfar
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Kaz: i had a Holland's 15 that is now on another GJ member's bench so i have an idea how big and heavy that 16 is. it looks pretty nice under the rusty patina. out of all the vises I've worked on so far Holland's might be the easiest so looking forward to your getting spiffed up and a couple pictures of it mounted on that awesome table of yours. thanks
found this thread on here
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214900&referrerid=185389
basically would like to have anchors I could leave installed for a variety of tool holding - the thread above has a pretty good set up
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drivesitfar
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sorry i mis understood. floor anchors come it a variety of styles. next time you are at a Costco or Home depot check out the base of their racks and you see bolts on top of threads the put in the floor to hold the racks in place.
good luck
good luck
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This has my vote. I cannot wait to build it one day. But, i do need to wait to get the money.
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drivesitfar
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YoungFd: i love your stand and how you made that wheel attachment that bolts onto the old rim. is your stand adjustable because i see a bolt near the top of the post? or is that so you can remove the buffer and maybe put on a vise or a grinder? do you happen to have any of the assembly process of the stand to post? thanks for sharing
Kiwi Kev
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Here is the stand I made using a big truck brake drum and a piece of heavy wall pipe. A piece of I beam for the railroad track anvil and steel plates cut to shape to mount the pipe vise and the big Prentiss vise.
sunsation288
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Wow , great thread !!!, keep the idea coming ! , and picture too 
Hello everyone I wanted to say thanks for all the ideas I have seen and read about on this thread. I incorporated several ideas into my vise stand. I wanted something that would allow me to move my vise in and out of the garage. i wanted it heavy enough it wouldn't fall on my grandson. Here are the photos. I tried it out today and was able to drill into a truck spindle and not move the vise or the stand. I am very happy with the way it turned out. The second vise in the picture is for illustration purposes only. I wanted to show how i used the receiver in the stand to allow me now to purchase another receiver and put my grinder and sander on the stand. I also want to now try to figure out how i can attach my miller "X" welding table I am making out of 3/8 thick steel. I don't have the room to keep building tables. A thanks to Kevin at Wilton parts for hooking me up with a new set of jaws for my Wilton 4 inch Bullet vise.
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So here is a picture of the same vise in the very first post on page one and the back story to these vise's is that they are custom built by a man named Dan Woods. This particular vise belongs to custom car and bike builder Cole Foster. The table below was offered to me at one time for purchase but aside from not having the space I couldn't even comprehend having to move it.
saceone
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I dig the beveled edges of the plate
DocsMachine
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That "table" was at one time a machinist surface plate. Probably originally cost more than you make in a year. (Or I'd make in ten years. )
My vise is simply bolted to a corner of my 3/4" topped welding table. I need it solidly mounted, and a ton and a half of table and scrap metal stacked under it make for a lot of gravity to hold it back against my hacksawing.
For my bench grinder, I built myself an almost factory-looking stand that I've been pretty happy with.
Doc.
(Or I'd make in ten years. )My vise is simply bolted to a corner of my 3/4" topped welding table. I need it solidly mounted, and a ton and a half of table and scrap metal stacked under it make for a lot of gravity to hold it back against my hacksawing.
For my bench grinder, I built myself an almost factory-looking stand that I've been pretty happy with.
Doc.
I know Drives has seen this but I figure I'd throw it up as a different option in the thread.
I wouldn't mount a vise to a 26" toolbox, though.
This has been a great set-up for me. Decent storage and good workability between machines. I have a cover that I swap to the unused machine on the box top when I am running the other. Eventually I will fabricate individual covers rather than just one I swap around.
McBrownie
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Drives,
I just came across this thread. How did I miss it? Anyway, there was another thread of a enterprising young man in your neck of the woods who had opened his own shop making custom furniture. I don't remember his name, but I saw you post there as well. If he is still in business, do you think you commission a stand or two from the ideas that have been posted on this thread? If you don't know who I'm referring to, let me know and I'll do some digging.
I just came across this thread. How did I miss it? Anyway, there was another thread of a enterprising young man in your neck of the woods who had opened his own shop making custom furniture. I don't remember his name, but I saw you post there as well. If he is still in business, do you think you commission a stand or two from the ideas that have been posted on this thread? If you don't know who I'm referring to, let me know and I'll do some digging.
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drivesitfar
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Kiwi: well thought out plan. can you tell me if the tube just sits on top of the plate and your weld is only thing holding it? i was going to say you might have wanted to turn your pipe vise, but after looking at it closer i bet you planned to have it hold up to a 4 inch piece of pipe under the big vise. also like the tiny vise hanging on as a sort of decoration.
Torched: I might have had the owner of that smallish plate stand put it on a pallet and load it in my trailer. or did he want a fortune for it because it is cool looking? yes i do like the space age stand and handle on the blue vise.
Brent: thanks for posting your Craftsman block grinder quartet again. are they still with same wheels you had on them originally or do tell if you changed any of them?
JJ: how did you cut the hole in the tube for the trailer hitch attachment? can you post close up pictures? it looks like with the two pieces on top of the post that it might be pretty solid.
288: there are a lot of good ideas on this thread aren't there?
Doc: any pictures of your stand?
McB: not sure which member you are talking about unless you are talking about CC in Southern California that welds incredible table bases and his girlfriend is starting to do wood art? or let me know if you figure it out. do you think i need a stand or did you need one or ??
ALL: so i picked up a couple bases for stands today and not sure exactly how i'm going to use them. they easily weigh 200 pounds each and might be closer to 400 since they are 22 inches in diameter and 4 inches thick steel. it was a bear moving them off my trailer and onto my steel cart without my pallet jack fork lift. the neighbor did come over to help me a little by holding the cart.
Torched: I might have had the owner of that smallish plate stand put it on a pallet and load it in my trailer. or did he want a fortune for it because it is cool looking? yes i do like the space age stand and handle on the blue vise.
Brent: thanks for posting your Craftsman block grinder quartet again. are they still with same wheels you had on them originally or do tell if you changed any of them?
JJ: how did you cut the hole in the tube for the trailer hitch attachment? can you post close up pictures? it looks like with the two pieces on top of the post that it might be pretty solid.
288: there are a lot of good ideas on this thread aren't there?
Doc: any pictures of your stand?
McB: not sure which member you are talking about unless you are talking about CC in Southern California that welds incredible table bases and his girlfriend is starting to do wood art? or let me know if you figure it out. do you think i need a stand or did you need one or ??
ALL: so i picked up a couple bases for stands today and not sure exactly how i'm going to use them. they easily weigh 200 pounds each and might be closer to 400 since they are 22 inches in diameter and 4 inches thick steel. it was a bear moving them off my trailer and onto my steel cart without my pallet jack fork lift. the neighbor did come over to help me a little by holding the cart.
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Actually right at 440lb each if my math is correct.
For my stand, I linked to my write-up of the build, but here's a finished pic:
I originally built it for my Baldor buffer, but later used it for an identically-sized 8" Baldor grinder. The buffer, since I tend to roll it outside to buff batches of parts (keeps the in-shop filth down) is getting a stand with built-in wheels, like others have shown in this thread. Off the floor when set down, but tilt it back and it's on a set of rollers.
Doc.
For my stand, I linked to my write-up of the build, but here's a finished pic:
I originally built it for my Baldor buffer, but later used it for an identically-sized 8" Baldor grinder. The buffer, since I tend to roll it outside to buff batches of parts (keeps the in-shop filth down) is getting a stand with built-in wheels, like others have shown in this thread. Off the floor when set down, but tilt it back and it's on a set of rollers.
Doc.
JeremyBurke
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Drives I gotta ask. Where did you get them and why do they exist in the first place. Those might be too tall for grinder bases, but wow they are big. If nothing else they'll hold your floor down really well.
dr_clyde
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Those bases are awesome. I'd be stoked to get my hands on them. Waterjet or oxyfuel drops?
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drivesitfar
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DR: i'm not sure how they ended up where i found those big hunks of steel, but they just appealed to my senses. what would you do with them? they are a PIA to just move, but i do have a hand powered hydraulic fork lift with a some chain. maybe i can weld some hooks on them or get a big magnet?
McB: i think this is the member you are mentioning that can weld up table bases like the best of them.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272772
Jeremy: i was just looking for some steel for my welding tables and saw these pour souls and had to have them. impulsive steel buying gone crazy you say. probably, but i do like them.
McB: i think this is the member you are mentioning that can weld up table bases like the best of them.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272772
Jeremy: i was just looking for some steel for my welding tables and saw these pour souls and had to have them. impulsive steel buying gone crazy you say. probably, but i do like them.
Same wheels. I really like the set-up. It makes going from one to the other quick and simple. One stone has been dressed a couple times but that's about it. The knotted wire wheel is a marked improvement over the wheels I used to use.
Next up, for me, is to find a machine to run a sanding set-up on.
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Nines and ALL: Jeremey just figured out those base plates weigh 358 pounds each. my back is a bit sore today, but i'll hang on my inversion table and be ready to go find some more steel today.
BTW these plates were dropped from a crane onto the bed of my trailer with a magnet holding them. i didn't have a pallet to set them on. so trying to get them from the middle of the trailer wasn't going well until my neighbor suggested i wrap a strap around them and pull them to the edge. that worked great and i hung each one over the end of my trailer about 6 inches. my neighbor pushed that little cart which is about 3 inches higher than the bed of my trailer under the disks as i lifted them onto the edge. now that the edge was on the cart i had him hold the cart while i lifted the disk up the rest of the way onto the cart and then slid them easily on the cart from there.
A word of caution for those attempting to do this please make sure you don't have any body parts underneath the disk or heavy steel when you move them because if you drop them the only cure is maybe amputation. i dropped the edge of a 3/4 inch steel plate on the end of my fingers 3 days ago and my fingers are still stinging.
if i can figure out a plan to use these as bases for stands i don't think there is a vise or grinder made that can tip it over.
BTW these plates were dropped from a crane onto the bed of my trailer with a magnet holding them. i didn't have a pallet to set them on. so trying to get them from the middle of the trailer wasn't going well until my neighbor suggested i wrap a strap around them and pull them to the edge. that worked great and i hung each one over the end of my trailer about 6 inches. my neighbor pushed that little cart which is about 3 inches higher than the bed of my trailer under the disks as i lifted them onto the edge. now that the edge was on the cart i had him hold the cart while i lifted the disk up the rest of the way onto the cart and then slid them easily on the cart from there.
A word of caution for those attempting to do this please make sure you don't have any body parts underneath the disk or heavy steel when you move them because if you drop them the only cure is maybe amputation. i dropped the edge of a 3/4 inch steel plate on the end of my fingers 3 days ago and my fingers are still stinging.
if i can figure out a plan to use these as bases for stands i don't think there is a vise or grinder made that can tip it over.
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ALL: here is a sander with 24 inch disks i'm thinking of buying that needs a new stand and a VFD. if i can figure out a space to put it i'll probably own it soon.
anybody know a good reason why i shouldn't buy it because it runs like a dream and it has an extra disk? the press comes with it to put the new sanding disks on the spare plate waiting for action.
anybody know a good reason why i shouldn't buy it because it runs like a dream and it has an extra disk? the press comes with it to put the new sanding disks on the spare plate waiting for action.
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Drives my rule is how will i use it. If I can't think of a thing I need to do that I can't do with another tool (especially when it is as big as that) then I pass. I know we want them all but eventually one runs out of space.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Denwood
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I'm liking the vertical trailer receiver setup. I need to build a folding bench as an outfeed, Welding table etc. the vertical hitch for both grinder and vise makes sense.
McBrownie
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That's the one. I was thinking that if you came up with a really cool stand idea then the furniture-base maker could fabricate them for other members.
Here is a close up of the front and back of my stand. I used a sawzall to cut out an opening in the up-right pipe, before we welded the top on. The back receiver has a small bolt welded in it to help keep other attachments that I add from falling or vibrating out.
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A 70 lb Manhole cover and a craigeslist Columbian with small welding table.
I am also building a belt/disc grinder . I still need to build the tool rest for the disc grinder.
You don't realize how bad you need a belt grinder until you need one to build your belt grinder.
Do you have a build thread for the belt grinder? I would love to make one of those.
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drivesitfar
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Woody: i hope you get a few good ideas here for your awesome garage.
JJ: thanks for the details and the pics because i do like that idea a lot especially now that i have a couple 400 pound steel round bases to start building it from.
JJ: thanks for the details and the pics because i do like that idea a lot especially now that i have a couple 400 pound steel round bases to start building it from.
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ALL: I borrowed this from a post by one of our members. it's made of wood which I might not build, but i think it's a great idea.
he has several of his gun loading accessories mounted to boards that slide in and out easily and if he only needs an empty bench he has a blank to slide in.
any other great ideas please post even if it's not yours and you saw it on our forum, online or in a friend's garage.
he has several of his gun loading accessories mounted to boards that slide in and out easily and if he only needs an empty bench he has a blank to slide in.
any other great ideas please post even if it's not yours and you saw it on our forum, online or in a friend's garage.
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I remember this one from a while back. I've got some friends that were wanting to build a reloading bench and I wanted to show them this one.
Do you have the link somewhere? It would be better if there was a build thread.
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drivesitfar
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MD: sorry I didn't find it on a build thread and it was on a thread about wall cabinets which i thought was interesting. it was this member's bench (Narddog) in case you want to look it up. Maybe he did a build thread and if you find it can you post up the link back here on this thread?
i did think it was a great idea and bench.
i did think it was a great idea and bench.
mdbeck1
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I found the post (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3917584&postcount=953). Unfortunately not much else. I sent Narddog a PM asking for more info. We'll see.
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drivesitfar
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MD: thanks for posting the link and if he has a build thread which i doubt because he's a new member with only a couple posts please post it or one of a similar bench if he copied another members.
Jere: so it sounds interesting. can you take a few pictures and post up more details?
Jere: so it sounds interesting. can you take a few pictures and post up more details?
cspcrx
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I have a small shop area in my garage and had the same issue where to put my vise. There is a large pipe, per code, in front of my water header. It is a steel pipe that is filled with concrete and goes into the slab.
So, I went to the metal supply place got some scrap pipe that had a little larger ID than the OD of the pipe in the garage. I drilled three holes in the side and welded nuts on the inside. This lets me pinch it to the pipe. I then welded a plate to the top that my vise mounts to.
Works very well, is stupid rigid and takes advantage of something that just gets in the way.
So, I went to the metal supply place got some scrap pipe that had a little larger ID than the OD of the pipe in the garage. I drilled three holes in the side and welded nuts on the inside. This lets me pinch it to the pipe. I then welded a plate to the top that my vise mounts to.
Works very well, is stupid rigid and takes advantage of something that just gets in the way.