Anyone use Inline Fabrication quick change plates on their workbench?

[rel406]

I’m redoing my garage and building a new workbench. I don’t have enough room for both a vise and a grinder to permanently live on the bench, and not enough room to use a hitch & receiver option for swapping out the vise and grinder.
Does anyone have experience with Inline’s quick change plates? If so, what are your thoughts?
Thanks!

 

[iagsxr]

I'd never heard of them till now. Watched a video. Looks like they're kind of reloading/gunsmithing specific?

Like the idea. Didn't look heavy enough to hold a general purpose vise.

 

[Hank11]

I would not want a bench vise mounted to one of those plates and I would not want a grinder mounted on my bench. Buy a pedestal stand for the grinder and put it in the corner away from anything good.

The plates would be nice for reloading gear, not something you would beat on.

 

[PFSard]

For those of us previously unaware of this option, I assume this is what is being referred to :

Quick change press mounting system. One mount, countless uses. – Inline Fabrication

Inline fabrication quick change reloading press system swap Redding Dillon Hornady rcbs Lyman

inlinefabrication.com

 

[rel406]

Yep- and here’s one of the plates predrilled for a couple vices:

Quick change top plates for vises, barrel vises, case trimmers, etc - Inline Fabrication

These are the required top plates that lock into the InLine Fabrication Quick change mounts. Select the ones you need...

inlinefabrication.com

 

[isb cornbinder]

I helped to build a steel topped workbench for a friend. He did not want a vice or grinder mounted on his bench. I suggested and used lighter duty trailer hitch receivers and hitch mountings for the grinder and vice. Later, he added a small anvil.

 

[Firebrick43]

I’m redoing my garage and building a new workbench. I don’t have enough room for both a vise and a grinder to permanently live on the bench, and not enough room to use a hitch & receiver option for swapping out the vise and grinder.
Does anyone have experience with Inline’s quick change plates? If so, what are your thoughts?
Thanks!

Years ago I used the Lee bench plate(****) and then made my own style, that the inline was very similar to when it came out.

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After inline came out with their product a friend bought some for his Dillon because I never got around to making him a copy of mine. I wouldn't have qualms about using Inlines for a grinder. I thought about using mine but its very close fitting and I would worry about it jamming up with grit.

The vise however, Inlines screws that hold it down in the front are pretty small. If you used the vise to assemble/disassemble anything substantial, would put to much stress on those bolts, Say with an breaker bar or large pipe wrench. If it was a panavise for small part Workholding, a little 3" bench vise, or woodworking vice that stress levels are lower, it would probably do fine.

While the handle is pretty strong in a reloading press, most of the stress is in the down stroke which the tab in the back takes. The up stoke on the vast majority of presses does nothing or just is light pressure to seat primers. That small stress is all that is applied to those front bolts in the plates original application

 

[southalabama]

I’ve got one. Still in the package. The reloading bench is still “in development”. In other words, I haven’t started on it yet.

 

[rel406]

My initial plan was to mount the vise to a 2x12 (and the grinder to another same sized 2x12) with holes at each corner. I would have corresponding holes on the bench with t-nuts underneath. I would then be able the bolt in the tool as needed, and swap as needed.
I’m thinking this may be the way to go

 

[rel406]

I helped to build a steel topped workbench for a friend. He did not want a vice or grinder mounted on his bench. I suggested and used lighter duty trailer hitch receivers and hitch mountings for the grinder and vice. Later, he added a small anvil.

Unfortunately, with the lack of depth in my garage, I don’t have the room to leave a vice or grinder mounted on a receiver. I’d have to remove it every single time to be able to park in the garage. But this was going to be my preferred method

 

[Firebrick43]

Unfortunately, with the lack of depth in my garage, I don’t have the room to leave a vice or grinder mounted on a receiver. I’d have to remove it every single time to be able to park in the garage. But this was going to be my preferred method

Could you mount the receiver vertically into the top of the bench? Then a grinder or receiver wouldn't stick out in the way?

 

[isb cornbinder]

Could you mount the receiver vertically into the top of the bench? Then a grinder or receiver wouldn't stick out in the way?

The receivers were mounted under the table top. When not in use the vice/grinder could b inverted and left in the receiver, under the table.

 

[Firebrick43]

The receivers were mounted under the table top. When not in use the vice/grinder could b inverted and left in the receiver, under the table.

I get that, if set vertically it wouldn't have to be removed/move at all

 

[rel406]

Could you mount the receiver vertically into the top of the bench? Then a grinder or receiver wouldn't stick out in the way?

Maybe…
Here’s the whole picture:
It’s a wood workbench built on top of 2 tool cabinets (kinda like a stevo bench)
On top of the cabs will be the grid of 2x4’s on edge, each side will overhang by 4”, the front corners will each have a 4x4 leg, and the back will be lag bolted to studs. On top of the 2x4 grid will be 2 layers of mdf topped with a sacrificial hardboard dropped in a lip of hardwood.
For a vertically mounted receiver, that would give me a depth of just over 5” to mount it in- probably not enough room, and no real good way to reach the hitch pin.
I’m not a welder (yet), but I thought of asking my brother in law to weld a receiver on a plate that I could vertically mounted on the 4x4 post. The problem with that is then I’d need the plate that’s welded on the hitch to be off centered (which may not even be a problem…)
Does that make sense?

 

[isb cornbinder]

This is a rough example. I hope you find something that will work for you.

 

[Firebrick43]

Maybe…
Here’s the whole picture:
It’s a wood workbench built on top of 2 tool cabinets (kinda like a stevo bench)
On top of the cabs will be the grid of 2x4’s on edge, each side will overhang by 4”, the front corners will each have a 4x4 leg, and the back will be lag bolted to studs. On top of the 2x4 grid will be 2 layers of msf topped with a sacrificial hardboard dropped in a lip of hardwood.
For a vertically mounted receiver, that would give me a depth of just over 5” to mount it in- probably not enough room, and no real good way to reach the hitch pin.

I get this part

I’m not a welder (yet), but I thought of asking my brother in law to weld a receiver on a plate that I could vertically mounted on the 4x4 post. The problem with that is then I’d need the plate that’s welded on the hitch to be off centered (which may not even be a problem…)
Does that make sense?

As in mounted vertically on the side of the leg?

 

[CraigStu]

My initial plan was to mount the vise to a 2x12 (and the grinder to another same sized 2x12) with holes at each corner. I would have corresponding holes on the bench with t-nuts underneath. I would then be able the bolt in the tool as needed, and swap as needed.
I’m thinking this may be the way to go

Depending on mount hole locations you may not even need the 2x12. Just two sets of holes w/ t-nuts.

 

[rel406]

I get this part

As in mounted vertically on the side of the leg?

I had looked into that exact VersaMount, but it's 6" wide- so too wide for mounting it vertically on a 4x4.
If I were to get one fabricated, it'd probably be a combo of this one and their wall receiver. Kinda like this:

The worry that I have with this option, is that the plate welded to the hitch would have to be off-center like this:

Is having the plate off-centered even a concern?
Thanks!

 

[rel406]

So I think the Inline Fabrication plates are a no-go for anything other than light vice use.

Since this is my 1st time building my own workbench- what would you guys and gals suggest.
Either the swappable 2x12 boards like this:

Or fabricating a receiver and off-centered plate on a hitch like this:

Thanks for sharing all of your wisdom and advice!!

 

[Firebrick43]

I think having the plate offset is of little concern if the plate and welds are sufficiently sized. I wouldn’t have any qualms about 3/8 plate with a good hot 6010 initial pass and capped with 7018 as long as it was a 6” vise or smaller.

 

[rel406]

I think having the plate offset is of little concern if the plate and welds are sufficiently sized. I wouldn’t have any qualms about 3/8 plate with a good hot 6010 initial pass and capped with 7018 as long as it was a 6” vise or smaller.

Cool!
I have a 4" vise right now, and it's served me well for the limited use I put it through. I've thought about upgrading to a 6" at some point, but it's not too high on the list of things to upgrade yet...
Would you have any qualms about using this setup with a medium sized drill press as well?

 

[woodscaper]

I have one of mine mounted offset on a vertical receiver tube and have used it extensively (beat the snot out of stuff clamped in it, LOL) works great. I prefer it vertical, all the forces go down onto the bench top instead of onto a horizontal receiver tube.

 

[Firebrick43]

Cool!
I have a 4" vise right now, and it's served me well for the limited use I put it through. I've thought about upgrading to a 6" at some point, but it's not too high on the list of things to upgrade yet...
Would you have any qualms about using this setup with a medium sized drill press as well?

I think if you can lift it up into place without a crane your not going to have issues with the mount or insert.

 

[Hank11]

I think either method you show will work. I have in the past used piece of steel plate. It was bolted through the benchtop and overhung a little bit. The vise was bolted to the steel plate. Less cantilever is better if you’re really gonna do hard work on it.