More post vise - movable?

JimS · Nov 12, 2015

I was thinking of parting with my post vise because of my situation but the thought crosses my mind of making a movable post vise. I thought a vertical pipe welded near the edge of a round base which I could stand on to increase stability with the mounting bracket of the post vise attached to the top of the vertical pipe. I could then mount a wheel or two on the vertical pipe just touching the floor. The vise could then be tilted back like a dolly and moved about.

Your thoughts?

rustyfarmall · Nov 12, 2015

The base would need to be large enough to allow you to stand on it in nearly any position. The base would also need to be heavy enough to prevent the vise from falling over when you are NOT standing on it.

JimS · Nov 12, 2015

I think maybe 3 foot in diameter but how thick?

Jim in New Mexico · Nov 12, 2015

I built a vice stand, actually 4 of them for son and some friends! I used a sq. plate about 16X16 X quarter in. and welded a thick wall'd 6 in.pipe to it, than a flat plate large enough to bolt my big vice too on top. Than I weld'd 2 non-movable casters on one side,with the wheel flush to the floor. when I want to move it to use it, I tip it over towards me and just wheel it! has worked for me for the last 30 yrs. The height of the "Thick" wall'd pipe depends on what height is good for you...HTH...Jim in N.M.

Jim in New Mexico · Nov 12, 2015

The base plate can be whatever size you want! I try to have as many things movable in my shop as possible... Jim in N.M.

TimV · Nov 12, 2015

JimS: I've seen a number of movable vise mounts, but what most of them have in common is that they're too light for the job, and if they're heavy enough, they're right at the ragged edge of being movable, at least by hand. Running some rough numbers, your 3' diameter plate, say 1" thick, will be over 280 lbs, and anything much thinner than that won't hold up unless you're only using it for pretty light stuff, which kind of gets away from the reason for having a post vise, which, by definition, are meant for heavy-duty work such as is commonly associated with blacksmithing and similar pursuits. Not to say you HAVE to go this heavy, but if you're planning on using the post vise AS a post vise, as opposed to just a "regular" vise, you're going to want to. Again, there's nothing wrong with going lighter, but you're going to lose out on the very things that separate a post vise from a common bench-mount one.

JerryS · Nov 12, 2015

My dad made one using a pipe dropped through the center of a truck tire rim, kinda like a Christmas tree stand.

Calvin Innes · Nov 12, 2015

Jim,
Find a heavy rear tractor wheel weight, A Farmall A comes to mind as it is relatively small in diameter. Make a column of the appropriate height and bolt it to the wheel weight. works slick!

old · Nov 12, 2015

I have seen a good many where a person used part of an old split rim from a big rig and made a vise stand that way. Easy to move plus takes up very little room. Also seen where a bench grinder or other such tool is mounted the same way

JimS · Nov 12, 2015

What do you guys think of the one at this site?

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/32500-show-me-your-portable-demo-vise-stand/

caterpillar guy · Nov 12, 2015

Portable and usable don't go together in a vise. Either they are bolted solid to something or they are not usable.

PJH · Nov 12, 2015

I have a vise mounted on a big brake drum that's filled with concrete. I use it every day more as a welding vise than anything. Sometimes it moves when I don't want it to, but it is handy.

I always wanted to rig one on a mount similar to a trailer hitch receiver, then have sockets for it at various locations in the shop. Haven't got around to it yet.

The very best vise I ever used was huge, and bolted to a tree stump behind my shop. It was very inconvenient out there, but if I needed something held solid, it was worth rassling it out to the stump vise.

Determined · Nov 12, 2015

As long as you remember the words vice and steel toe boots belong together anything can be made to work.

Gene Davis (Ga.) · Nov 12, 2015

I set a piece of 3" pipe 42"' high in the floor before I poured the concrete floor in my shop. I welded 2" angle on it on the part that is in the concrete. I then welded 2 pieces of 4" I beams on each side across that and plated that with 1/2" sheet steel for a 2 x 4 ft. table. I mounted a 65 year old vise with 8" wide jaws that would open 12" between the jaws on the table. Under the vise I then welded a 1/4 X 2" angle iron leg with a 4" square piece of 1/2' plate that rests on the floor. It is very sturdy for doing mean work and it probably will out last me.

Dr. Walt · Nov 13, 2015

Go to your local County Yard and purchase an old, used Man-Hole Cover - they're about the right size & HEAVY .

PS: Please DON'T "borrow" one from the middle of the street! lol

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