For H&C work

[Terrezar]

Homemade vice-stand for H&C work. It's almost as heavy as a small car, and twice as sterdy.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

:thinking:I hope nobody is sitting in that stool when it gets knocked over
I am sure it is vibration free!

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Hiroshima revisited, if it does go over!!!
Dam Ter!
PUT A BASE UNDER THAT!!!
You know what's funny? I was at a shop on Monday and the guy had a 3' long RR anvil with the same sized base.
Of course I had to prove just how dangerous his ASO (anvil shaped object) is by knocking it over! The point went right in between the adjacent table legs, THANKFULLY, not causing any damage!

 

[JJ Roberts]

Terrezar,I like your pedestal for H&C,but the base looks like you'll be tripping over it when walking around it. J.J.

 

[Chujybear]

Flip it? And small vice bolted to plate that's currently on the ground?

 

[Terrezar]

That was my first consern as well, but it proved to be sterdy, even thoug the base seems kind of narrow. I am learning a few trics from a local blacksmith, and he and I build this together (Meaning he did most of the work, I just lifted a few things, and watched him wield it). I first questioned the base, but he said that wouldn't be a problem, and he was right. To tip something like this over you have to move the senter of gravity outside the base, and because it is extreemly heavy that is amost impossible. The base also seems a lot smaller on the picture than it is in real life.

I musst also point out that this is not something I will use on a regular basis, it is just osmething that the blacksmith I am learning fron "threw together" when I mentioned it may be practical fot the job we were doing at the time.

JJ Roberts
That may be true....

 

[monk]

aside from the safety factor that's obvious here, i like the hammer for doing delicate engraving.

 

[Terrezar]

aside from the safety factor that's obvious here, i like the hammer for doing delicate engraving.

If this was Facebook, I would respond by just typing "LOL". And yes, I like it to. Good for shading on silverwork

 

[LVVP]

Can I have drawings? I'd like to make this one for my studio as well.
Thanks for advance

 

[Terrezar]

Can I have drawings? I'd like to make this one for my studio as well.
Thanks for advance

Well, I don't realy have any drawings, but I can give you the spesifications. The top is a block of solid steel, 150mm tall, and with a 250mm diameter. This is wielded to a tube with a 100mm diameter and 10mm thick walls. The base is made of a 20mm steelplate, that is wielded together with the tube. This stand is 1m and 20cm in total, but you musst adjust it to fit yourself and the way you want to use it.

Make sure to wield it well, so that it doesn't fall apart. The blacksmith I worked with told me that the bat way to start the wield was to just "point" a few wields around the tube before starting to apply the heavy wield. Also, make sure to use a wielder powerfull enough for the job, because if it is to weak the wield may crack later on.

Good luck!

 

[silverchip]

Seems to me that a 12" round flat base 3/8" thick with 3 2"-3" gussets would be more stable on the bottom???

 

[atexascowboy2011]

Dang SC !
The base for my engraving stand is a 2"×24" round.
I'd want at least the same for something that I'm rotating and hammering on! Oh yeah. And tripping over!
My Lunar module is a3 &1/2" × 30" round. I kept the size down to make it portable. :biggrin:
My bud has a 565 Case that grunted putting it on my gooseneck the other day!