On 9/17/2019 11:25 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 5:18:33 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
On 9/15/2019 6:52 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Friday, September 13, 2019
at 5:08:11 PM UTC-4, wrote:

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Think multiple bases for different pieces of equipment. While these are
not large pieces, I my vice, grinder, hand miter box, bolted to a 2 X.
When I need the vice I pull it off the shelf and clamp it to my
workbench.

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You talked me into it. I've been trying to decide how to get my vice
out of
the way, so I just unbolted it from the workbench and bolted it to a
portable
base.


I can't imagine putting my bench vise on a portable stand unless it had
something like a semi-truck wheel filled with concrete for the bottom
base part.

I think you have a different idea of a "mobile base" than I meant.

By mobile base, I meant a piece of 6/4 poplar large enough to bolt the vise to with about 6
inches on either side for clamps. Once it's clamped to the workbench, it's no less sturdy than
it was when it was bolted to the workbench. Only now it's "mobile" in that I can clamp it
anywhere I want, including the picnic table or (shhhh) the dining room table. ;-)

For my vice and several other similar devices I use a piece of 2X10 or
2X12 about 14" long. When I need it for heavy duty vice activities I
clamp it to the workbench. For light duty activities, I find he weight
of the base and vice are sufficient to keep things stable.

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