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vise stand
Just another thought (and then some) on the stand. I put the base (rim and pipe) together but I left the top plate off, then cut a short piece (8"+/-) of smaller pipe or tube to fit snugly inside, welded a plate on top, drilled a hole through both, inserted long bolt or piece of rod to keep it from turning during use. Mounted my vise. Worked fine, decided to build another plate for my small grinder. I eventually made 5 more bases and 4 of these top plates to work with different tools mounted . This way, the tools don't have to be mounted in one place where you have to keep going back and forth to. These also worked for me when I made a new top piece with a short piece of channel welded (flanges up) - taller jack stands. Put a complete '53 Rambler SW body 32" off the floor. Made it possible to put complete frame under and do extensive (suspension and floor) mods after that. Sturdy and strong enough that inside work could be done while needing space to work underneath also.
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