Marrinan: OK Fred, here is one of the actual inventions of mine. This is a vise I built from scratch from bed rails and some wood and a trailer hitch ball with two plumbing floor flanges from the hardware store. I made if for wood carving but it could be used or modified for engraving large objects. The jaws slide on the bed rails like the tailstock on a lathe. The vise can be tilted by loosening a couple of the nuts on the top flange.
Wing nuts could be substituted for the nuts or even handles could be welded or soldered to the nuts. A half turn on several of them and the vise can be tilted quite a bit in any direction. I do not have plans for this I just built it like I do most things. From a piece of scratch paper. Mack
Wing nuts could be substituted for the nuts or even handles could be welded or soldered to the nuts. A half turn on several of them and the vise can be tilted quite a bit in any direction. I do not have plans for this I just built it like I do most things. From a piece of scratch paper. Mack