Provincial
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I thought I would share a few photos of mountings I made for tools that I keep in my pickup that has a service body installed.
The first is a simple mount for a pipe vise. The vise came from my wife's family tree farm and was lying outside next to an old barn. I bead blasted it and painted it. Later I made the adapter to slip into my receiver hitch. It is very handy for holding pipe/tubing for cutting and threading.
The second (photos #2 & #3) is a mount I made for an old Wilton workshop vise I salvaged when my father closed the family furniture store in 1981. I had to put a hard washer under the head of the main screw because it had eaten into the casting. Other than that, removing a broken jaw retaining screw and filing out some gouges was the main thing. To make the mount tight in the receiver tube I ran a MIG weld bead on two sides of the tube, once near the far end of the tube and once near the vise. I used my mill drill to machine the weld flat about .010" smaller than the inside of the tube. It was about 1/16" smaller that the receiver opening when I started. I drilled a hole for the retainer pin in case I ever have a job that might apply force to pull it out of the socket. It slips in and out with a little effort, but has no wobble when installed.
The third item is a holder I made for my grease gun. These always are messy and I used 3" PVC to keep the mess in check. I have clips for shelves in the service body compartments, so I made a bail from some welding rod and attached it with a hose clamp. The unit removes easily to access the grease gun. I keep rags in the proper places to absorb the ooze, and nothing gets onto the rest of the compartment. Also notice the plastic cap I found to seal the tip.
The first is a simple mount for a pipe vise. The vise came from my wife's family tree farm and was lying outside next to an old barn. I bead blasted it and painted it. Later I made the adapter to slip into my receiver hitch. It is very handy for holding pipe/tubing for cutting and threading.
The second (photos #2 & #3) is a mount I made for an old Wilton workshop vise I salvaged when my father closed the family furniture store in 1981. I had to put a hard washer under the head of the main screw because it had eaten into the casting. Other than that, removing a broken jaw retaining screw and filing out some gouges was the main thing. To make the mount tight in the receiver tube I ran a MIG weld bead on two sides of the tube, once near the far end of the tube and once near the vise. I used my mill drill to machine the weld flat about .010" smaller than the inside of the tube. It was about 1/16" smaller that the receiver opening when I started. I drilled a hole for the retainer pin in case I ever have a job that might apply force to pull it out of the socket. It slips in and out with a little effort, but has no wobble when installed.
The third item is a holder I made for my grease gun. These always are messy and I used 3" PVC to keep the mess in check. I have clips for shelves in the service body compartments, so I made a bail from some welding rod and attached it with a hose clamp. The unit removes easily to access the grease gun. I keep rags in the proper places to absorb the ooze, and nothing gets onto the rest of the compartment. Also notice the plastic cap I found to seal the tip.
