Building Vice Stand for Workshop #1

[@garyshimabukuro1080]

Need to concur, your Beads look quite impressive... Thank you for sharing!

[@tractorman4461]

Hot dang, I just got lucky on another one !! (-; Thank you for the kind words Gary and thanks for watching as well.

[@practicallyIndependent]

Those welds look great! Far better than mine. Love the vice setup!

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Dillon for the compliment on the mud daubing I call welding.... lol.

[@cutweldngrind]

I have 3 Wiltons and 2 Harbor Freight vices sitting on the floor. I have a semi rim that I been wanting to use for a stand and might get to it soon. I also want to make a receiver tube stand for my work truck. Your welds look good and your video has good info.

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Jorge for the compliment. I have one Wilton on a bench and several real old shop vices...the large bench top like would be found in commercial or industrial repair shops. Then a few no-name cheapies. They are on work benches or stands throughout my work area. I fabbed a few reece style 2'' receivers over the years, the last going on an 85 Chevy short bed square body. I've also made up a few vice stands that slipped into the 2'' receivers. Nothing like having a vice in a remote location working by yourself. There is four parts to the vice stand video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHLMiKKvpJp5arM This series was one of my first attempts at uploading videos, so they are not real good productions at all.

[@cutweldngrind]

@@tractorman4461 I was going to watch part 2 but decided to go to bed. I been making videos a few years and understand what you mean. I really like that vice especially the way it rotates. I need a vice for pipes as I work on oil field pipe fences often and been wanting to put one on my flatbed I built. Anyways you got some good content and now I got to find a brake drum like the one you used.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Great stand Tractorman44 and that vise with that swivel feature is really nice. I was thinking about all those times when that feature would have been dandy for the job. Thanks as always and I raise me CuppaJO to ya! DaveyJO

[@tractorman4461]

Daveyjo Weaver hot dang.... you keep sneaking these comment in and somehow I miss them .... LOL!!! That rotation is real handy working on all kinds of stuff like chainsaws or weed eaters and even position changes on smaller welding jobs. Thank you sir for commenting and as I toss back a swig of JO I’m wondering g how many other comments have slipped by with me unawares.....

[@andrewt9590]

GREAT JOB WELDING

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Andrew for the nice comment. The end product is used almost daily in the shop !! It makes a nice heavy and stable base for sure. Here's the playlist if you like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHLMiKKvpJp5arM

[@Benssawmill]

Nice video, I like the vice. For not being proud of the welds they look great to me. I have seen some spoty welding jobs but this looks good and solid. Job well done if you ask me.

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks for the compliment Ben. I really wouldn't make a bump on a real welders butt. It is something I enjoy doing though and sometimes I get lucky with a good bead or two. lol

[@rubenvargas3547]

Love the idea sir 👍

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Ruben for the comment as well as for watching. It's ALL made of salvage materials too. That's one thing I like. There's 4 part series on this right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHLMiKKvpJp5arM

[@gatorsworld]

Ya, your garage looks like mine a bit but you have a nice vise sitting on a real nice stant....well made and all it cost is time....got a lot of that....very nice vise.....CHEERS

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah Gator, I thought you were recording a couple of yours right there inside my back door !!!! Thanks for the compliment sir !!

[@gatorsworld]

I can call you sir but you call me Gator....I never deserved that much respect...It`s like that when we have twin garages

[@tractorman4461]

Man, THAT cracked me up.... Gator, I've done decided you are an alright guy !!! Plus you make good videos too.

[@gatorsworld]

I do this for fun....I use to have a really good paying job that paid very well but I decided to let the younger guys in on it so here I am and its all for fun....so its nice to meet good people like you sir....I seen your painted vise video and it`s loks real good and that solid.....CHEERS

[@tractorman4461]

I too USED to have a good paying job....but I got old and quit all that nonsense !! Here's to wishing I could have done it SOONER ..... But you are correct, the fun factor is what I go for on a daily basis.

[@mikerobinson6606]

Thanks! Great stand.

[@tractorman4461]

Thank you sir. It's all made from scrap material laying around the shop too. Here's the full playlist plus some different stuff that got mixed in somehow.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHLMiKKvpJp5arM

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi T44! Very good job on the vice stand! The welds look fine to me, but then again I’m not a welder nor do I play one on TV.🙂

[@tractorman4461]

Thank you sir, for the compliment. Hey..and thank you for looking backwards into the archives. LOL about the welder thing...LOL

[@jizosh]

Outstanding

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Joshua. I build stuff like this quite frequently.

[@bruceprosser8332]

very nice!

[@tractorman4461]

Thank you sir for the kind comment. I put it to use almost daily.

[@oldmanpottering]

Great job and good video, I enjoyed your straight up style. Did you have any trouble welding to the cast iron drum?

[@tractorman4461]

Actually I believe instead of cast iron it is cast steel which can be welded with reasonable success depending on the rod. I used 3/32- 7018, made a light root pass to heat up both materials, then immediately followed with the main pass or cap with an 1/8-7018 running a little hotter on the now warmed metal. The problem will come in when the two metals of differing carbon content cool down at differing rates from the shock of immediate heating to a high level with the hot pass. On another note, I welded spring steel to low carbon steel a few months ago. Out of approximately 35 short beads, about 8 of them cracked down the center. Thanks for the nice comment and for the question.

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Have shop, more stuff, more tools and more room! So True 44Friend! DaveyJO raising me cup high cuz I can't find a place to put me cup down in the shop!

[@tractorman4461]

Oh man. I suffer that dilemma daily. Unless a wooden workbench is heavy built a Vice is better off free standing like this one on steel. I have my G-dads post vice from the blacksmiths shop that they mounted to a dump truck split rim back in the 40’s. This is basically just an improvement on their old idea. Thanks for taking a look see DaveyJO !! My hats off to you and Alice this fine morning sir.

[@bluegoldgr]

Great video thanks for sharing👊

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning sir and thank you for watching and commenting so favorably !! Part 4 shows the finished project where a buffing wheel was added to the rear.

[@ThoenWorks]

Nice Build. Now all it needs is some Massey paint colors on it. :-)

[@tractorman4461]

Awwww man.... gosh darn it anyway. I shoulda broke out the Massey Red and Harvest Gold for trim... Good thinking sir. Maybe next project....

[@GPOutdoors]

Now that's a vice! LOL. Cheers!

[@tractorman4461]

Cheap too... it was either a yard sale or farm auction purchase. I just couldn't pull it out of memory. They say that's the first thing to go ya know.... I am glad to see you are enjoying the projects sir. And thanks again for watching and commenting GP !!

[@64t120r]

Welds look good. Ya, should probably make a vice stand. Clear up some bench space.

[@tractorman4461]

Holy Cow, I missed your comment. Sorry. Nobody EVER has enough shelf space, work space, bench space or storage space. Thanks for your comment and for taking the time to watch.

[@billfischer6464]

Nice looking build sir. I'm curious though. If you hammer on it, does the pipe and the drum make it ring like a bell? Just curious of the transfer. Looks like I need to get in my scrap pile. Thanks for all you give us, you sure are a wealth of knowledge and ideas.

[@tractorman4461]

Bill Fischer good morning sir and I again thank you for such a supportive comment. No it doesn’t ring at all. There seems to be enough mass to the whole assembly that it probably deadens the harmonics of the blows to the work. That’s my theory anyway. Lol. The scrap pile is always my first stop when starting a project too. The fourth and last short video in this series shows a 3/4 hp motor/wire wheel mounted on the back half of the structural steel, adding more weight and a bit more visual balance. Thanks for taking a look backwards in the old video list Bill. I sincerely appreciate the time you take to watch sir.

[@minnesotasalamander5913]

Thanks

[@tractorman4461]

Thank you. It's all built of scrap pieces and still serving me well in the shop.

[@terrinewman7390]

those welds look like you should take up welding at least as a hobby?

[@tractorman4461]

Hahahahaha....I get lucky with running a bead on occasion Terri. Thanks for the comment sir. And thank you for watching.

[@terrinewman7390]

@@tractorman4461 every once in a blue moon I manage to do the same thing!

[@tractorman4461]

@@terrinewman7390 hahahahaha.....that's good !!