Harbor Freight 6-inch Vise and Bonus Shop Project - Shop Stuff

[@jacobe1942]

I am a guy into antiques, I have several old vises but this one is really attractive for such a new piece!

[@1stfloorguy59]

I was spoiled I grew up with gaint old vices. They don't even make vices like what I am used to. When I went and bought a 6 inch I thought it was a tiny vice made for like little shit lmao. I didn't know until I was in my mid twenty's those old vices could hold entire axles

[@DKNguyen3.1415]

Wait, what? They can?

[@HondaCrf450r.]

Oh yes they do check out the hardtail 614 by far the strongest vice ever built period the creator puts it up against old school vices it's a stronger Mfer!

[@decline1129]

That ending was hilarious

[@mmcnew1]

Nice repurposing idea for the stand. The underside of the Doyle swivel base reminds me of the way my old Athol vise is. My vise is over 100 years old, circa 1910. It has the same lug with the same notched setup, only the Athol is a single lug. The Athol company was started by Laroy Starrett (pretty sure the same guy as the famous Starrett machinist tool company) . It’s a good setup but after over 100 years of use there is some wear, where the toothed lugs mate and are most commonly swiveled back and forth, like may along about 3” of the most traveled. It still holds fine though when tightened. It’s a good setup and I imagine as long as the metal Doyle used is not too soft it should last many, many years.

[@carsbymike5154]

Thanks for sharing the info on your vintage vise. Glad to hear it’s still putting in work. I could spend hours gawking at old vintage tools.

[@SpringRubber]

Good sense of humor, dude! So I don't need another vise but I always like looking -- and when I went to Harbor Freight to get a couple cheap clamps I checked out the Doyle and agree that it looks like a quality build. No need for a swivel base if mounted on a movable stand -- but that setup is not typical for a vise, as I guess you know per your response to an earlier comment. But if that beast gets moved to a bench in the future you have a great stand for a grinder/wire wheel. Cheers.

[@alk5749]

I did the same thing, but if you get an end heavy load it will tip, soooo what I did was to fab some legs that hook around the bottom of the wheel and exten out 14” from the wheel, they are removable and can be placed anywhere around the wheel. I used 1/4” stock to make them and they work great, I can hang an axle off the end and it is rock solid. If I don’t need the leg extensions I just take them off and store them away. Really good vise too.

[@herbholmberg4474]

It appears to be the same one Sears was calling the Craftsman Professional the last couple years they existed. While not an old USA name brand vise i think it deserves a heavy bench, one secured to the wall so that you can get after really heavy work on it when the need arises. I cannot imagine working in a shop without a hell for stout bench. That means no wheels, wont move under tough jobs requiring a lot of jerking and tugging at the vise. Additionally, i want a good quality grinder, 1/2 hp or more, 6" or larger wheels, one wire, one stone. Mounting of vises and grinders properly to benches is very critical and a lot of guys don't know that.

[@V8SKULLS]

Hey there, nice build, I kinda did the same, I built my vise stand with a big rig drum rotor, but I put sand down the square tubing to add weight and a dead blow kind of effect. Drill a 1 1/2" hole pour sand and weld the hole.

[@carsbymike5154]

That’s a great idea! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@aux1z11]

Awesome 👍👍

[@2fuzy]

24.5 steel truck wheel about a 100lbs with 1/2 plate welded to a cut off Freightliner drive shaft full off sand because heft is ones friend on a deal like this

[@garrytalley8009]

All you really had to do is reinforce the bottom of your bench top, however you may like your portable set up. It has plusses and minuses. I would not think you could do anything that substantial off of a portable stand vs. a solid bench top. You can't put an unbalanced load on that portable rig. You can't put a lot of pressure turning or bending anything on it either. I hope you have figured that out by now. A bench vice is a bench vice. Of course, not having a vice for so long I can understand why you might have made the choice you did with your stand. Nice video though.

[@carsbymike5154]

Garry, you're 100% on the money. With the pedestal, it's nice to have 360 degree access but it really struggles for heavy-duty work. Having a vice at all has really made life so much better. I'll most likely need to install some anchor points to lock it down if I keep it on the pedestal. I appreciate the comment and the insight.

[@decline1129]

Gotta get two vises. I have mounted on a post like this but with caster wheels to move it around and one on mounted to the bench.

[@fckurvtc]

What was the spacing on the back two holes, 8”?

[@ericneal8582]

All Doyle products are 30% off tomorrow (9/30)

[@martinjay5906]

This vice is a copy of the Snap On model, it's a good vice I bought one.

[@BB-nn9en]

I believe wilton made those. They still make some like this. I have an old one and looked up the price on a new one…4,500 bucks lol. Best vise ever though. It’s taken a lot of abuse over the years and is smooth as silk, zero play in it whatsoever. This vise seems fine although I wonder about the jaw quality. The one in my local store didn’t seem to have hardened jaws.

[@HondaCrf450r.]

​​@@BB-nn9enit's far from the best vice ever hardtail 614 is the strongest and best vice ever made why I'll tell you why. 1 it requires less force at the handle to get more pressure at the Jaws. The creator done a test using alot of old school vices and new one's with 150 foot pounds it had over 7000more pounds at the Jaws then the second vice. 2 he turture tested all the vices using 12 foot cheater bar the cheater bar broke all of them except for the hardtail 614 it ended up bending the cheater pipe the second closes to the hardtail was the wilton it took over 30,000 pounds of pressure. With that said he had to put a 100ton hydraulic over air jack just to break the hardtail 614 and it still didn't want to break but it finally gave up at over 90,000 pounds of force that's triple the strength of (supposed) to be top of the line old school and new school vices. Also the failer of the hardtail vice was the big long nut inside the vice which is replaceable all the other vices had catastrophic failers! No vice ever built is better then the hardtail 614 or it's smaller brother the 510. If we are talking about bench vices!

[@ramirocortez6392]

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[@r.b.dickson8825]

I'm really not fond of Harbor Freight cause nothing in there from what I have seen is made in the USA,, Even the American Flags they sell... Made in China BUT....Have that same vise.. Works great for what I do...

[@HondaCrf450r.]

This vice is made in Taiwan far better quality then made in China. A made in the USA vice this size costs over 2grand!

[@carlthornton3076]

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