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    Default 87g vise stand

    that title should be 87 KG vise stand. ( plus 31.5 Kg vise)

    I had these rounds lying around for the last 5 years or so, and an unused stand I had made for a bench grinder years ago, and a Dawn vise I had picked up cheap, destined for the welding bench. It suddenly occurred to me the other day, that rather than 4 different lumps lying around, a grouping of said lumps into one larger lump (think flying in close formation), solved not only the total footprint issues, but meant I could stop thinking about how to best mount the vise to the weld bench by not mounting it at all.

    Now the main round lump is 49.8 Kg, 500mm in diameter and 50mm thick on the outer rim. So its a bit of an anchor, and no fun to move. The second bit is an annulus, and I only realiased when I put the two in close proximity, that it actually fits in the recess of the larger bit. Dohhh. It looks like a flywheel of some type.

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    The larger part, already had 3 threaded holes drilled in it. Which was mighty convenient cos I thought I can fit 3 castors and I don't have to drill it! Plus 3 points means it will always be firmly flat on the floor.

    The two main lumps had been lying around outside getting rusty since I got them, as I never had the incentive to get them up the steps to the shed. They were going to get scrapped when I got them, which seemed a sad end. So I gave them a home, and fresh air.


    Having moved them up the steps, I gave them the rope twist wire brush on the angle grinder treatment, and a subsequent coat of Rust-Oleum undercoat as unfortunately the last bit of 5L zinc chromate I had, had dried in the can.

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    Lump 2 the annulus weighs 21.7 kg, and is also drilled (and counterbored) to align with lump 1.

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    Used a roller to apply 2 coats of Rust-Oleum grey. I am hoping the rather initial trial snug fit in the raw state, won't be snugger once painted.

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    Hi Node105,

    You're going to get a hernia humping that big lump around !
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Nice to have a handy bit of scrap laying around, good score.
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    Default 87 kg vise stand Foot Master levelling castors

    I ordered 3 FootMaster GD-60 Stem Type Levelling Castors. These things are great. M12 x 1.75 or M16 x 2.0 centre bolt, 280kg load capacity per castor - 560 kg / 4pcs.

    They have a wind down/up padded foot, so you can disengage/engage the roller wheel (70 D-Shore tread).



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    The were $40.80 each. From Blythe Enterprises in Perth. Foot Master invented this type of levelling castor. They are made in Korea.
    I had bought similar previously, for my bench grinder table, which like so many adds were called 'Foot Master' but were actually chineesium knockoffs, and more expensive as I recall. This time the rigi-dig originals.

    They come with very nice grub screws (pic below), but I need longer bolts. Short term fit-up using some M12 all thread offcuts from the cages I made for the shed foundations.

    Now it is not ideal that the position of the mounting holes are inboard, it may prove desirable/necessary to drill the outer rim, which will necessitate help to get the main lump up onto the table of the Harvey. The overall weight with the vise is 118.5 kg, so I expecting it to be reasonably stable. It is not meant as a device for applying leverage, I have other vises for that. This one is just meant for holding for welding when/if/as required.

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    It glides real nice Maybel.
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    Default Dawn vise stand - another lump

    Remembered I had a bit of U-channel I had tucked under a small Wilton, sitting under a bench waiting for something to happen... I had even painted it ages ago. Came from the same source as the base lumps.

    Only sitting on the column for the minute.

    I think the channel will work, don't want to move the vice forward (or channel backwards) to align the back jaw face with the front edge of the channel, so might rotate 90 degree to each other.
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    Good job, looks great.
    All The Best steran50 Stewart

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    Decided to add the annulus to the mobile base this morning, just to get the annulus out of the way. The side of the annulus is very slightly stepped (<1mm). Thinking the applied paint probably would affect the fit, decided to drop the smaller diameter downwards. Lined up the hols and slid it in. Easy slide fit initially but required some gentle persuasion from a 2b4 to go home. Then I realised the squared shoulder recesses of the bolt holes were on the underside, rats. I could leave it and just use longer bolts, but that nice bit of original engineering detail would be hidden forever.

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    So I managed to get it out, with some risk to ends of fingers. Not particularly easy. The larger diameter had engaged, and the paint thickness was obviously the issue. A bit of light sanding to remove the blebs…
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    Dropped it in the right way up, or rather persuaded it in. Much happier. Still need to get some appropriate length SHCS.
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    Had planned to just get that far, but thought I may as well cut the corners off the base plate, so that I could at least sit it back on, and get on with what I had planned for the day.
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    That looked alright, so I may as well get keen and try to drill and mount it. I had expected to get the base itself up on the pedestal drill, and needed help to lift it. That wasn’t going to be practical now the annulus was added. Don’t want to have to separate the two again. Got a new Makita 18V drill a week ago, and put it to the task at hand. Really surprised. Piece of baclava - 30mm to get through, but staged it 4/6/9mm knife through butter.


    Going better than planned, decided to cut down the column, which was way too high now that it was both on the round base, and also on castors. I had a different bit of bigger plate to mount as the top plate, I had scrounged from at the old angle grinder stand, so ground the cut end of the column square, tacked it up, and fitted it up.

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    Drilled the top plate and mounted the vise. It is plenty stable. 150mm jaws, 175mm jaw opening. I managed to lift myself off the ground on the end of the extended jaw, and it didn’t lean. Mind you, 2 years ago and 54kg heavier, it may have been a different result.

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    A now fully functional assemblage of parts in close formation joins the flotilla.


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