My chain vise stand.

[AngryBeaver]

I didn't want the simple brake drum and pipe stand, so the Royce chain stand got me thinking. Didn't want To permanently mount it, so it had to be heavy enough for general use, and look cool doing it.

167lb base plate gear
78lb toothed gear.
30lb clogged gear
38lbs of chain
37lb top plate that still needs cut. Comes in right at 350lbs on the work scale without a vise. I can live with this I think.

 

[Thumper68]

Very cool looking!!

 

[slip knot]

Very nicely done.... I was thinking that it would make one helluva mailbox post too.

 

[meatsis]

That's pretty badass! The stand looks awesome. But it deserves a much cooler vise than that bullet IMO.

 

[AngryBeaver]

I don't have other cooler vises. Yet. Just some bullets.

 

[royce]

Very nice Angry

Royce

 

[2oolhound]

I did a bit of head math.
With your weights as described.
When you mount that vise I think I could tip it over with a hacksaw job cutting exhaust tubing due to your angle, let alone cranking on something.
I see in your pics that you didn't place that vise out at the far/useful end of the table. It would tip.


Pretty and unique, but it would be Bolted to the floor in my shop.

Yeah but, all he has to do is fix it so the gears and chain rotate at a high speed. Then the gyroscopic forces will keep it upright for heavy work.

 

[Spareparts]

Put the top plate the other way and mount the vise directly over the base plate, still looks cool but more stable.

 

[jw3]

I'm a plumber by trade. This wasn't what I was expecting.


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[captain14]

Very nice project and I hope you display it where you can see regularly.

 

[AngryBeaver]

I did a bit of head math.
With your weights as described.
When you mount that vise I think I could tip it over with a hacksaw job cutting exhaust tubing due to your angle, let alone cranking on something.
I see in your pics that you didn't place that vise out at the far/useful end of the table. It would tip.


Pretty and unique, but it would be Bolted to the floor in my shop.

its not getting bolted down. its a fukton stronger than any brake drum stand. the "table" didn't get cut down due to running out of oxygen on the torches the base of the vise will be centered over the top "gear" aint no hacksaw tipping this over. the whole point was to not bolt it down so it could be moved. heavy work is delegated to a C2 mounted on a 1/2" plate 8'x4' solid steel bench.

 

[2oolhound]

All you'd need is an outrigger made from a piece of 1" rod or the like, maybe 2 16" lengths that thread into the base.

How about this: the base gear teeth are aprox.1" off the ground so you make a ring that is 1" high that spins below the gear teeth. Cut the ring in 2 places and install 16" struts that pivot to fold up but when you want extra stability you fold them down and rotate the whole 1" ring so the pivoting struts are under the gear teeth which will hold the struts down for use. Spin this new ring again so the pivot is between the gear teeth and the struts fold back up.

 

[great white tj]

Nice..

 

[Thirdyfivepickup]

where does one find these giant chains like you (and royce) use for your stands?

 

[PFSard]

I like it. That's work of art.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Nice job! I really like your stand. Not to mention the nice vise.

 

[kochevnik]

Really nice design - have to see if I can do something similar.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Are you going to detail the hernia surgery in your next thread ?

 

[AngryBeaver]

Are you going to detail the hernia surgery in your next thread ?

you know me... always building something bigger and badder...

pssst that's what the kubota is for......

you going to BG?

 

[NUTTSGT]

No, I'm done for the year and we are going to Disney at the end of October, so I have to watch cash spending at the moment.

 

[C_F]

That stand looks great! Cool idea, thanks for showing it off. Are you going to paint it eventually, or leave it as is?

 

[skrap metal]

cool