Recent content by c7z06

You appear to have some the largest vises on the top shelves. Either you are a very big guy or a glutton for punishment.

Based on some suggestions I received, I scrapped the above gantry and fabricated a replacement using heavier casters and a cross beam that goes all the way across.

Cleaning chains is somewhat tedious, so keeping them clean to start with is a reasonable idea. My hoist is a 1/2 ton CM with a 6' lifting capacity. I hang it on a bracket on one of my car lift posts when I'm not using it. The chains are of a size and length that fit nicely in the drain pipe...

My BendPak 4 post car lift has a rail that runs down the inside of each runway. This is intended to accommodate their rolling hydraulic transmission jack. I decided to make a small gantry that rolls down the length of the lift, with an I-beam trolley that rolls sideways. Sideways trolley...

There are perhaps thousands of distinctly different vises out there, and it's impossible to own all of them. I assume that there is some pattern or logic to most vise collections. Do you collect all models of a particular manufacturer? A representative model from a variety of manufacturers...

I recently picked up my first post vise on eBay, and cleaned it up before fabricating a stand for it. After disassembling and wire brushing it, I applied a thin coat of boiled linseed oil. I left it sit outside in the sun for most of a day to speed up drying. The rear spindle box collar was...

The rim itself weighs approximately 80 lbs. The base plate, column, top plate, and hardware about another 65. The setup is rigid enough as long as you don't get crazy with cheater bars, etc. Incidentally, I cover the hand holes in the rim with pieces of rubber to keep out debris.

In building a stand for a newly purchased 185 lb. vise, I decided to use a large tractor trailer truck rim for the base. I wanted to be able to disassemble it if necessary, and chose to bolt the column to the rim rather than weld it. Here's how I did it using the rim's original lug bolts/nuts...

Caught me red handed!

For size comparison purposes, here are photos of the four Reed C series vises with the same soda can sitting on them.

Finished this stand for my Reed 4C vise today. I used a 22 1/2" Budd tractor/trailer rim and a section out of a CO2 tank for the column. Stand is 31" tall.

I've had this Bluebird engine hoist for many years. Used mainly by tool rental companies, these disassemble without tools for easy transport in a pickup. Unfortunately, as I have gotten older, I can no longer lift the parts to assemble it, and so bought a new folding hoist. After several...

There was room for these three 25 lb barbell plates, or two 50 pounders.

Finished stand:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachments/cbd70690-3a74-4f59-b23d-1663876361e5-jpeg.1869330/ I burned the plate from 3/8" mild steel this morning on my home-made plasma table. The vise came this afternoon, and the plate fit the base perfectly. Thanks again!