Vises are pretty expensive, especially in the size I want. I've been borrowing one for the last 2 years, trying to avoid buying one.
I spotted a thread on another site where someone had made a vise to replace a chinese one that broke. I didnt think for long before I decided I should make myself one.
I found a lump of 6x4" channel down on the pile of girders I got free. Figured that would do for the slider. I pulled a couple of the plates of 1/2" plate someone got out a forklift factory skip. The plates are really difficult shapes, but the bandsaw soon sorts that out! The are some more pics and writing here
Here is what I have come up with so far. The fixed jaw will weld onto the front of those 3 pieces sticking up. Need to go grab a piece of threaded rod tomorrow, and make the jaw to go on the slider before I weld it all solid.
The more I make stuff the more I enjoy it
I spotted a thread on another site where someone had made a vise to replace a chinese one that broke. I didnt think for long before I decided I should make myself one.
I found a lump of 6x4" channel down on the pile of girders I got free. Figured that would do for the slider. I pulled a couple of the plates of 1/2" plate someone got out a forklift factory skip. The plates are really difficult shapes, but the bandsaw soon sorts that out! The are some more pics and writing here
Here is what I have come up with so far. The fixed jaw will weld onto the front of those 3 pieces sticking up. Need to go grab a piece of threaded rod tomorrow, and make the jaw to go on the slider before I weld it all solid.
The more I make stuff the more I enjoy it