Parker 976 stand
- Thread starter royce
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Ah come on Royce, you're killing me with all this creativeness. You know if ya keep this **** up one of these days you'll just explode and all that talent will leave your body like an old burnt out ballast. Then what will you do........raise petunias?? 
drivesitfar
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Royce: instead of all these threads i'd vote for you to have them all in just one and you might get a lot more members eyes (popping i'd say) if you started a thread in garage gallery that would have all the stuff you do in you garage/shop and around the house like a few other threads over there have. some of those threads have a few million views and i'm betting yours would be very popular.
in any case i'll find your projects maybe wherever you post them and enjoy them just as much.
take care and looking forward to the Parker's stand. i had the 956 that is a 6 inch Parker without the swivel base and it was a beast.
good luck
in any case i'll find your projects maybe wherever you post them and enjoy them just as much.
take care and looking forward to the Parker's stand. i had the 956 that is a 6 inch Parker without the swivel base and it was a beast.
good luck
d.mcfarland
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Wood or metal stand?
You must not know how Royce does things....
I kid, but hazarding a guess that it will be (lots) of (heavy) steel.
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drivesitfar
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Tarbell: he did build that bowling alley bench and not many if any of us really know what the creative juices are flowing in Royce's mind. do we? i'm guessing metal he's going to cut up from scraps laying around the shop or out in his yard, but i'm here to watch and be amazed. AGAIN.
Ah come on Royce, you're killing me with all this creativeness. You know if ya keep this **** up one of these days you'll just explode and all that talent will leave your body like an old burnt out ballast. Then what will you do........raise petunias??
Hemp, perhaps?
I won't be fit for anything else!!!
flyingblind
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Always like to see your work royce. Very cool indeed.
Bottlecapdigger
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That front piece that holds the thread in on your Parker , it looks like it's brass, is that custom made? I'd like to see a closer look. Parkers are my favorate. I have the 956 and 976. BCD.
drivesitfar
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BCD: the parker holder is made of Bronze and yours should have them to unless you have the older cast iron steel ones. i'm not a Parker vise historian because even though they are great vises they don't appeal to me as much as a few other brands so not sure how many have the bronze holders or when they started using them so maybe post your vises over on the main vise thread and ask the question. i know one member in Canada made a Parker holder for his broken cast one out of brass, but brass is maybe a little too soft for everyday use especially on the BIG UNS.
Royce: I'd love to be your neighbor, but my wife won't move within a throw of the NORTH POLE.
your steel is starting to take shape and did you happen to take a few pictures of the pile of steel you are using before you put your skills at cutting them up and welding your AWESOME project together? also you seem to always work with steel and you are welding and you seem to have all your benches (or most of them) made of wood. is that the artistic part of you that needs to have some color in the shop to make you tick?
cheers and hope you are enjoying your weekend too.
Royce: I'd love to be your neighbor, but my wife won't move within a throw of the NORTH POLE.
your steel is starting to take shape and did you happen to take a few pictures of the pile of steel you are using before you put your skills at cutting them up and welding your AWESOME project together? also you seem to always work with steel and you are welding and you seem to have all your benches (or most of them) made of wood. is that the artistic part of you that needs to have some color in the shop to make you tick?
cheers and hope you are enjoying your weekend too.
kazlx
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I like what I see already.
Boosted1
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That's going to be very nice.
kazlx
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Nice job.
don long
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Wow Royce
That is a fine stand for the vice
Do I see 3 different thicknesses of plate for the base ?
How did you get the corners turned in is that sliced pipe welded to strap?
That is a fine stand for the vice
Do I see 3 different thicknesses of plate for the base ?
How did you get the corners turned in is that sliced pipe welded to strap?
csp
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What's the time investment so far?
I like it, it's almost art deco looking.
I like it, it's almost art deco looking.
drivesitfar
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Royce: for some of us that don't know how you BLIND WELDED the column to the cool stand would you might telling us how you even did that? i know you did it for the look you wanted, but wouldn't it have been a lot easier to weld it on the base on the outside?
WELL DONE AGAIN!!
is the finish going to be your magic BLO WAX for the naked look or are you going to paint this one?
WELL DONE AGAIN!!
is the finish going to be your magic BLO WAX for the naked look or are you going to paint this one?
jimgood
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Aesthetically, I'm all for it. It's really beautiful and I really admire how you are able to create these cool shapes from stock pieces. The cutting accuracy alone blows my mind.
Practically, I can't see it being ergonomic. Trying to stand and work on anything clamped in the vice is going to be a clumsy.
Practically, I can't see it being ergonomic. Trying to stand and work on anything clamped in the vice is going to be a clumsy.
drivesitfar
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Royce: besides having awesome skills and great imagination i thought you were a magician too. 
great idea to hide the welds and also take a little weight out of the stand. i bet that will weigh close to 220 pounds with that 150+ Parker on top of it. still watching and admiring and enjoying every minute. thanks
speaking of practical do you have a place to set it or are you going to put casters under this one?
LX:
great idea to hide the welds and also take a little weight out of the stand. i bet that will weigh close to 220 pounds with that 150+ Parker on top of it. still watching and admiring and enjoying every minute. thanks
speaking of practical do you have a place to set it or are you going to put casters under this one?
LX:
Royce: besides having awesome skills and great imagination i thought you were a magician too.
great idea to hide the welds and also take a little weight out of the stand. i bet that will weigh close to 220 pounds with that 150+ Parker on top of it. still watching and admiring and enjoying every minute. thanks
speaking of practical do you have a place to set it or are you going to put casters under this one?
LX:
Drives,
The only two things I can make disappear are time and money!
No, I don't have a place to put this, but I'm working on that issue.
I don't think casters on a vise would work for me.
Thanks
Royce
