Vise stand

[Primered Thunder]

Wanted to ask if anyone has ever made a vise stand. I picked up an older Craftsman 4" bench vise a few months ago and after reading some of the posts here decided to dis-assemble, clean and repaint. I now want to mount this vise on it's own stand but wanted to ask what you guys have used for a base to counter the weight of the vise. I already have a 5" vise mounted on my work bench and thought this 4" unit would be the perfect size to make a "portable" work holding unit out of.

Any pics that anyone has would be awesome. thanks!

 

[sanddan]

My vise has always been mounted on a simple stand made from a round drop out and square tubing. The drop out (left over when a round hole is cut in a larger plate) is heavy enough to stabilize the vise and can be easily moved. You can see it the attached pic just to the left of center.

 

[2mJps]

My vice is mounted on a pipe that is welded to a truck rim. I made a little shelf on it but evey thing falls off when you use it. It is nice that can move it out side to use it when I grind,cut or weld something in it.

 

[CARS]

My air vise is mounted on a 3'x4' plate of steel. Works even better when I throw my 200lb *** on the plate!

 

[csp]

I used a brake drum from a cab & chassis GM 14 bolt.

 

[Displaced Hokie]

I built two. The yellow one is filled with sand, and serves a double purpose of storing the wheel weights to my garden tractor. It's made from a post I found at the scrap place. It used to hold a guard rail. I just added the top plate mainly. I may bolt it to the concrete floor of my carport in the new house.

The black one uses the "my 230lbs of *** standing on it" stability trick. It was a happy accident that the diameter of the pipe on the black one exactly matched the base of my green vise, so it just had to add mounting ears versus a plate. Made for a very clean mount I thought.

 

[duke182]

heres mine

 

[coolreed]

Here is the neatest stand I ever saw.

I don't know who owns or built it. Bit IIIIIII like it.

 

[plinker]

I found a pair of wood lathe leg's at the junkyard (cast iron) and bolted a piece of 3/8 plate to it and put one of my vise's on it. Works well and is somewhat portable.

The bench in the pic is what I want to make though.

 

[gorilla]

If you have a brake shop in your area that works on big trucks or buss's visit them and ask for a scrap brake drum. They are quite heavy and about 20" in diameter. I've used them for bases for stands for lot's of shop equipment. I got all of mine for free but considering the current prices for scrap metal you might have to pay a few $.

 

[ndnchf]

I'm not sure who's this is, but I like the idea of bolting it to an old brake rotor. I'm going to do the same thing for m welding table.

 

[Jamesbbh]

Mine, the "vicenator". It's a laptop stand they were throwing away out of the ER at the hospital where I work. Rolls around and height adjustable/lockable. ** did have a vise on it for a little while but beating on anything wasn't working out so switched to a grinder.

This is my "beat the hell out of something vise

 

[PCO6]

I'll try to post a picture later but I simply used a 5 gallon metal can with concrete filled to within 4" of the top. Before pouring the concrete I installed a 4" pipe with a brake rotor welded to each end of it. The bottom rotor sits on the bottom of the can encased in the concrete and my vice is bolted to the top rotor. You could fill the concrete to the top of the can for even more weight but leaving it down by 4" or so gives you a good area for hammer, etc. storage.

 

[lilredex]

This is mine (6" Record) at my old location. These days it is in my garage, with wooden walls........not quite as stable.

 

[t100]

old, not new bandsaw stand:

 

[AZAV8]

Mine is simple. A 2 inch receiver tube welded to a plate that bolts to a new/used Ford truck wheel. I filled the bottom side of the wheel with concrete. That gives me a weighted base. My big vise is bolted to a round plate that has a square tube welded perpendicular to it so it slips inside the 2 inch receiver tube. When I want to I roll it outside and grind, wire brush and all the **** is outside. I also have my grinder attached to a plate with a similar square tube so I can change out the vise for the grinder and voila, one base is useable for more than one tool. The future disc sander and belt sander will have similar tube/plate setups so I can use them on the receiver tube base. I'm making one for my portable band saw attached to a bench stand. I don't have pictures available for the stand.

Phil

 

[sanddan]

Here is the neatest stand I ever saw.

I don't know who owns or built it. Bit IIIIIII like it.

The vise handle is pretty sweet too.

 

[bl00]

Here is the neatest stand I ever saw.

I don't know who owns or built it. Bit IIIIIII like it.

Info here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66316

It had a brief cameo in the first episode of his new show, too.

 

[Journaler]

I'm not sure who's this is, but I like the idea of bolting it to an old brake rotor. I'm going to do the same thing for m welding table.

Awesome!
I had been wondering what to do with the brake rotors from my pickup!

 

[jdcompman]

Info here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66316

It had a brief cameo in the first episode of his new show, too.

Hmmm that's not even the same vise on there...

 

[IndyGarage]

I have some 4 inch Iron pipe and I recently bought a 14 inch disc at Tractor Supply - the kind they mount on a frame and pull behind a tractor after plowing.

It has the perfect amount of dish in it for a stand, but it's not tall like a wheel or a brake drum. I'm going to weld it up for a grinder or vise stand.

The best one I ever saw was the most massive vise I've ever seen mounted on heavy 4 inch square tube, which was mounted to a 48 x 48 inch piece of 3/4 inch solid steel. The whole thing probably weighed 1000 lbs at least.

 

[bl00]

Hmmm that's not even the same vise on there...

Yeah, you're right. I looked at the stand and thought it was the same. I'd be happy with either of them.

 

[jdcompman]

Yeah, you're right. I looked at the stand and thought it was the same. I'd be happy with either of them.

I agree! Seems like the same stand just caught my eye that the vise was different. I wonder if there is more than one of those stands or if it was reworked to hold a different vise. I wasn't try to call anyone out, just caught my eye!

 

[Steroblan]

Here's a heavy stand I made from a cast iron bus wheel. I used two 1/2" X 6" angle iron pieces welded together for the mounting plate and 4" channel iron welded back to back for the uprights. The Wilton 5" and the Rigid pipe vise are real handy now.

 

[coolreed]

I like that Bus Wheel stand. Looks very handy.

 

[BreeStephany]

I have a pretty universal stand format that I use for my grinders, belt sanders, polishers, wire wheels, sharpener, etc. around the shop.

I have access to a lot of scrap steel, so I start with a brake drum off of a semi truck, weld on a 12" x 12" 1/4" - 3/8" thick plate, then well on a length of 4" rigid conduit, followed by a section of 3/8" plate that is sized to the base size of whatever I'm mounting. They are simple, heavy as hell, and stay exactly where you want them. After I'm done welding them up, I heat the entire thing with a rosebud, spray it in auto primer and then in black high gloss enamel paint.

I have found that the paint lasts longer and will not chip or scratch off when its painted onto hot metal, though you definitely want to make sure your doing it outside and with a respirator, as the fumes off of it definitely are not healthy to breathe.

 

[rodknocker]

My garage space is limited, I welded a 2" hitch reciever to my work bench, then all of my "accessories" have a 1/4" steel plate welded onto 2X2" tubing. My grinder,vise, shear, bandsaw, etc. can either be used in the garage or on the go in the hitch on the back of my van. Everything is then just put under the bench when not in use.

 

[threeputt]

I chopped up an old wheel bearing press and made mine. As you see I have to cut some off the front. It will work for now anyway. Works perfect in my basement. Tom

 

[keithh2oskier]

My garage space is limited, I welded a 2" hitch reciever to my work bench, then all of my "accessories" have a 1/4" steel plate welded onto 2X2" tubing. My grinder,vise, shear, bandsaw, etc. can either be used in the garage or on the go in the hitch on the back of my van. Everything is then just put under the bench when not in use.

Thats a great idea! My new house has a smaller work bench and my grinder and vise will take up a lot of space. The grinder I am no so worried about but the vise is something that gets used a lot. Do you have any pictures? I will have to find a way to build a 2" receiver into my work bench.

 

[bl00]

Here is the neatest stand I ever saw.

I don't know who owns or built it. Bit IIIIIII like it.

Just ran across the original posting of this vise and stand by the owner over on the HAMB.

 

[Bunit98]

Here's mine, It is bolted to the floor and doesn't move one bit, painted record blue