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PETERBOROUGH, ONT

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a horzontal vice set up
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I often need to cut or bend material in a horizontal vice but the traditional style of vice doesn’t work well that way.  To bulky and heavy to maneuver I think.
 
But this vice is perfect.  I hadn’t seen a vice like this since high school shop class.  And it looks like that is where it came from.
 
Anyway, I stared at it for a while this morning and then it came to me how to mount it.  It will work great and add to safety in my garage because in a vertical vice, I often can’t see the lines drawn on the metal.
 
With this vice set up horizontally, I can cut down on the material.  A lot safer.  And it was simple to set it up.
 

 

I found an old piece of bed rail and drilled two holes to line up with the holes in the vice.  Bolted the vice to the rail and then I just clamp the bed rail in my existing standard vice so the 2nd vice is slightly offset.
 
So it was not only simple to adapt, it’s portable.  Sweet.  I hope this idea helps somebody out.  Maybe it's common knowledge but the idea was new to me.  Happy fabricating everybody !
 
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ONTARIO

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Nice adaptation Cuddles ! Smart thinking.


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PETERBOROUGH, ONT

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Thank you so much Iwannagofast. I really enjoy coming up with tool ideas for my build or just making tools. Works nice for my budget too. Thanks again.

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