Tonights quick and dirty fab job

Which, IMHO, everyone needs. I have $7.21 into the thing right now, and that was for the hardware. The rest is scrap I had laying around or bummed off people. My dad purchased the vise ~8 years ago, not sure of the purchase price. There's actually studs in concrete out back for it, but no one uses is there so it ended up just sitting under some crap in my moms studio. I needed it more then the floor did, so I stole it R)
Now, the design is not my own idea, but rather a spin off of my exhaust man's stand (the shop I'm always at) I owe you Mr. Fred
The vise:

02 Chevy D'max wheel is the base.


No, it's not canted to one side, everything is square on it, and the top is level to the floor, just the camrea angle and cell phone

 

And for an idea as to how sturdy it is, the top can lean past the bottom about 18" before it wants to go down, when the vise is empty. Otherwise you let it go and it'll pull itself back up.

 

Nice!

I mounted my bench grinder the same way but used a Corporate 14 bolt drum/hub and axle shaft to do the same thing just 'cause I had one available. Works great!

If you add some weight to the wheel it'll really help to keep the whole thing from moving when "reefing" on stuff when in the vice and you'll still be able to move it around. Or find a flat piece of plate to weld the wheel to for a little more stability.

 

My buddy just replaced the rotors on his 02 Cummins Dodge, and they're heavy suckers. best I can tell the 2 of them will fit underneath in the wheel where I can weld them in. I tested the stand tonight, needed to cut some stuff with a sawzall and it worked well even with no weight.

 

:easy rider:

 

Nice job Sammy!

 

Nice. I've also seen people fill an old tire with cement, which makes a very heavy and sturdy base.