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On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 6:13:11 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:


Do any of you guys use a vise on a pedestal?



I am also NOT thinking about a post vise, but rather a bench vise
bolted to a platform on a pedestal.



Waaaadaaaayaaathink?

I have two vises in the basement. One is bench mounted and it is the
one I use most of the time. The other vise is bolted to a pedestal
and the pedestal can be bolted to the floor. But most of the time the
pedestal is not bolted to the floor. I also have a HF bender that can
be mounted to the same inserts in the basement floor as well as a few
other things such as a pipe vise. Well actually the pipe vise mounts
to the same pedestal as the vise mounts to.

Dan

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Instead of drilling the concrete for a permanent pedestal I mounted my
HF bender on a rolling table with sockets to insert a long pipe handle
to pull against. The long end of the piece being bent can remain
supported while the whole bender swivels.

The table top is drilled to mount several sheet metal bench tools, and
inverts on trunnions to bring up a corner notcher.
-jsw