Post vise mount
I'm in the process of setting up my smithy and need to mount my post vise. I don't want to mount it on my bench, I'd rather have it free standing. I'm thinking about either a railroad tie stood on end...
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Mine is free standing to a pipe in the ground.I welded flat bar with holes to match U bolts to the vise leg.
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My vise on a railroad tie bolted to it. u might want to find what height u want, and how you going to use it.
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Welding to a brake drum might be interesting as most are cast iron. Best I've seen for protability is a support pipe/plate welded (Glenn's approach) to an old large harrow disc. Aligned such that the...
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My demo set up was to take a 55 gallon steel drum with the top removed and a bung down low on the side. Took a piece of 2x12 (water bed frame) and laid it on top and traced the inside curve of the...
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