It's not like I need a precision vise for my little welding table. I received in the mail clamped it to the table and welded 2.5' to a 10' post. The swivel head worked great.
On my small welding table I have a old 4” vice on one and and a pipe vice on the other after looking at the vice you got that would be much better then what I’m using ! Being able to rotate 360’ on both the flat and pipe jaws would help a amateur welder like me !
Got sold on getting a Yost myself! My phone took a crap today, though, so couldn't finish the deal. Bummer. Probably for the best. I have an old vise that is similar + a 6" Grizzly machinist vise that I use on my combo lathe / mill + a 6" & a 8" Kurt awaiting restoration for my big mill. I really like the 360 rotation of the other axis though! Yea, was thinking on moving my old vise to the woodshed. Guess I better get my phone sorted 1st.
If you put a receiver hitch on your table and put a piece of round stock instead of square tubing on your regular swivel vise you can rotate it to any angle you want for welding.
I used round in a reciever for years. it works well.
Since I hammer a lot on items in the vise, I found it rotated more than I'd like, and I hated 'chasing' it... so:
I took a sqare solid and milled the corners to make it an octagon. Now I have 8 positions to put into the reciever instead of 4, and it doesn't rotate, and no tightening bolt to stop rotation either...
The receiver is a great idea! Mine was poorly executed - but it was free. Another great use of the receiver is a bracket to mount a car transmission. Vertical reassembly has it's benefits.
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