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For years i have done some of my work in the field the hard way!:nuts: The worst part is i have mastered repair under the most unfavorable of conditions. It seems that i'm the only lifeline between life and death for the equipment i work on. Not many are learned of my profession, as i have specialized into food processing and packaging machines of all types and sizes, from the most basic to complex interfaced systems.
Some of pieces of equipment are literally as old as i am, some are just so problematic others have given up due to sheer insanity or lack of understanding. I give myself a 99.98% success rating as there has been only 2 machines in my career that i haven't been able to raise from the dead. I get called in when nobody else would or could touch the deceased, or they have messed it up so bad trying to fix it themselves .
I like those ones the best, they usually require lots of hours of repairs and are just down right amusing sometimes.
I digress...Back to the original point.
I never had a vise on my pickup. What have i been thinking???
Well, boys and girls all that has changed......
I have a class 3 hitch receiver on my Toyota Tundra . Up until today it was only used for mounting a 3way ball hitch, or my shop made 7500# tow/choker hook. I'll detail the process as follows:
I bought piece of fence tubing .070" from Home Depot. conveniently the foot was already welded on the bottom. I made a 45* miter.
I had a piece of .125" thick plate, and rendered a 4"x 4" piece, then set to mitering at 45*
I broke out the new HF 90 amp Flux Core Mig w/Lincoln innershield 211, .030" to put her to the test...
The foot that came on the fencepost was useless as a vise mount, it was too thin and too narrow
I had a chunk of cold rolled .375". I laid out the vise footprint.
Drilled in the drillpress size W clearance holes for 3/8-16 x 2" mounting bolts.
The vise footing was also clearance drilled to size W as well, because the original holes were M10.
I then inverted the mount ,welded the new vise footing on , redrilled clearance size W through holes that were partially blocked
I mounted the vise with the 3/8-16x2 Grade 5 capscrews,dry,
torqued to 31 ft lbs, using grade 8 nuts
I put a feedscrew into the vise to test, it passed with flying colors!!!!!
Another look with the tailgate closed.
A good mount dirt cheap. Start to finish 3hrs.
I should have done it years ago.....
Thanks for looking.
Mike
)
Some of pieces of equipment are literally as old as i am, some are just so problematic others have given up due to sheer insanity or lack of understanding. I give myself a 99.98% success rating as there has been only 2 machines in my career that i haven't been able to raise from the dead. I get called in when nobody else would or could touch the deceased, or they have messed it up so bad trying to fix it themselves .
I like those ones the best, they usually require lots of hours of repairs and are just down right amusing sometimes.
I digress...Back to the original point.
I never had a vise on my pickup. What have i been thinking???
Well, boys and girls all that has changed......
I have a class 3 hitch receiver on my Toyota Tundra . Up until today it was only used for mounting a 3way ball hitch, or my shop made 7500# tow/choker hook. I'll detail the process as follows:
I bought piece of fence tubing .070" from Home Depot. conveniently the foot was already welded on the bottom. I made a 45* miter.
I had a piece of .125" thick plate, and rendered a 4"x 4" piece, then set to mitering at 45*
I broke out the new HF 90 amp Flux Core Mig w/Lincoln innershield 211, .030" to put her to the test...
The foot that came on the fencepost was useless as a vise mount, it was too thin and too narrow
I had a chunk of cold rolled .375". I laid out the vise footprint.
Drilled in the drillpress size W clearance holes for 3/8-16 x 2" mounting bolts.
The vise footing was also clearance drilled to size W as well, because the original holes were M10.
I then inverted the mount ,welded the new vise footing on , redrilled clearance size W through holes that were partially blocked
I mounted the vise with the 3/8-16x2 Grade 5 capscrews,dry,
torqued to 31 ft lbs, using grade 8 nuts
I put a feedscrew into the vise to test, it passed with flying colors!!!!!
Another look with the tailgate closed.
A good mount dirt cheap. Start to finish 3hrs.
I should have done it years ago.....
Thanks for looking.
Mike
)
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