Low budget vise

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by K. Ellenburg

Thanks Brian that's the one I was looking for, has anyone used this particular one that you know of? Doris thank you also,it seems that both are very similar.

I made one...they work fine...had to make a couple of adjustments......

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by ElWoodTroll

OK Where is Radar when you need him? I made up a couple of these but haven't located the handy little dog for snugging up the eye bolt. I had a 3/8" dog that I picked up at a show acouple years back. Has any one see one of these in your travels
In the picture I have an arrow pointing to the 3/8" dog. Still looking for the 5/16" dog

I had several old beat up open end wrenches...so took one and brazed it on the nut.....makes a great handle.

[ElWoodTroll]

Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

I had several old beat up open end wrenches...so took one and brazed it on the nut.....makes a great handle.

Good Idea and if I remember right the last handle I bought cost 8 bucks. I can get wrenches a heck of a lot cheaper than that. I justa hate to part with one
I made this one up this am.

[K. Ellenburg]

Originally Posted by Hi_Ho_Sliver

I made one...they work fine...had to make a couple of adjustments......

What kind of adjustments did you have to make?
Kevin

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I was afraid you would ask that! lol....been about 5 years since I made it! Al and I had a discussion on here about that time and went over the modifications...one I remember was where the eye bolt went through, I made a series of notches...(about 6 I think) so the eye bolt would sit in a pair of the notches and not turn.....humm will have to look at the vise again...can't remember the rest, but know there were a couple of changes.

[BRIAN D]

As far as handles go put a nut on & solder or epoxy a CHEAP wrench on it.

[Scott Hagerty]

ElWood
That looks like something they used on truck beds for farm trucks. I'd check farm supply stores or somewhere that sells and installs truck beds for wheat trucks.

Scott

[ElWoodTroll]

A-ight thanks for the tip Scott. We do have a few of those places around here.