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20th February 2007, 08:27 AM #16
Hey Martrix, I have oxy cutting gear the I can throw in the back off the ute if you ever need some of the heavier stuff cut up in the future
Cheers
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20th February 2007, 10:04 PM #17Originally Posted by martrix
Originally Posted by martrix
Cheers.........Sean
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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21st February 2007, 07:23 PM #18
bueno mi amigo.
Shes all done. Don't know how much it weighs, and I don't think I want to. Thank god its on wheels.
If I was making one for myself on castor's, I think I would make sure that the wheels were cast iron. Although these PU rubber wheels are super smooth to roll around, I think the slight amount of rebound would become annoying when doing a lot of intensive chiseling.
Bench top size is 900mm wide x 1800mm long and is 920mm high(the recipient is well over 6'), too high for me.
Couldn't resist putting a coat of oil on. Got to be the most rewarding part. Plus this weather at the moment is harsh on unsealed timber.
oh well, back to my old faithful scrap chipboard work bench.I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
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21st February 2007, 07:42 PM #19
Top job Martrix
Cheers
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21st February 2007, 07:57 PM #20
Excellent job martrix
You may find the vise face is too large. Mine (see avatar) is marginally too big on its 10" Record vise; it racks a bit in use. If I did it again I'd simply draw a line at 45 degrees from the vise back and cut the face where the line ran off the face at each end.
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21st February 2007, 08:25 PM #21
Fair enough comment.
As long as you clamp the timber as close as possible to the centre of the vice, there is no racking and it performs like a vice with shorter timber jaws.
If you want to use just one side, yes it will rack, but if you just slip something in the opposite side of a similar thickness it clamps quite well.
Its only really aesthetic reasons as to why I made it so long, cheers.I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
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22nd February 2007, 09:57 AM #22
Martrix!!!
Stunning!!!!!
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22nd February 2007, 10:01 AM #23
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Plenty of form and function in that one Marty. Terrific work!
Just a wee tip:
The cupboard under the bench is always the one you will need and it will happen in conjunction with when you have something clamped in the vice and the handle in the fully vertical position. You then have to lift the handle with one hand while fossicking around in the cupboard with the other. This happens to me all the time. What I have done is cut a 10 mm long c-clip from a bit of poly pipe that fits firmly around the handle. It doesn't grip firm enough to stop you sliding the handle in the vice but it will hold the handle up if needed.
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22nd February 2007, 10:31 AM #25
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