portable vice/grinder mounts on workbench

[48windsor]

Im lookingfor ideas on using receiver hitch to mount a vice and a grinder.
Ive done it once before liked it.
Has anyone mounted tubing vertically?
Wondering pros/ cons
pics?

 

[2oolhound]

I have a lot of tools mounted on horizontal Receiver Hitches (RH). There are a number of guys with vertical though.

One thing to consider is where you'll store the tools that aren't in use. The long receiver tube takes up lots of space. For this reason I've thought of using a female in the bench and a female on the tool then use a section of the thinner male tube through both (but extra wobble that way).

There are a number of different pinch bolt styles being used to lock the vise down in the tube after so there is no wobble.
A consideration on snugness is - the length of the female host tube and the male tool tube.
EG: If a 1' length of tube has 1/4" of side slop a 2' length of tube should only have 1/8" side slop. A 6" piece would be worse.

The other thing is how far below the bench top you locate the female receiver. If it's too low a vise may have to stick out a ways from the bench because the back of the vise's slide will hit the edge of the bench. If the receiver is high enough the vise slide will sit above the top of the bench. You can even make the vise mount in a way that most of the entire vise will locate almost completely on top of the bench ( a vertical mount would do this anyway so it's an advantage here).

I love the RH system and have about 25 host receivers built into benches, pedestals, bike lift, lathe table, etc. I have bench grinders, vises, tube bender, large parts trays or tables, angle iron "V" trough for welding pipe and other stuff set up for quick mounting into benches on the hitches.

 

[slowtwitch73]

In the same vein, I mounted all my grinders onto angle iron, and I just clamp whichever grinder I need via the angle in a vise. When not in use they sit on a shelf or on floor under the shelf.

 

[engineer2]

I like the simplicity of the angle iron idea.
I'm thinking about a heavy duty mixer lift for my bench grinder.
https://www.rockler.com/rev-a-shelf-heavy-duty-mixer-lift

 

[slowtwitch73]

I like the simplicity of the angle iron idea.
I'm thinking about a heavy duty mixer lift for my bench grinder.
https://www.rockler.com/rev-a-shelf-heavy-duty-mixer-lift

Huh, that's pretty cool.

I have multiple vises... one that can be raised/lowered/swiveled, one outside, etc, so it's nice to be able to put the grinders wherever the job is best done. Having all the grinders,buffers on bases or on a bench at the same time would be overkill.

 

[rattle_snake]

I pondered putting receivers on my bench/tables but used stand alone pedestals for belt grinder and vice. If floor space limited this is difficult or not possible at at all. I use the grinder+vice daily and they would need to be left installed all the time, which somewhat defeats the purpose of having them removable.