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A leather welding apron attached to the bottom of the plate the vise is bolted to and draped over the whole assembly to shield it might help protect it.
Can't find it now ,but recently saw a post with a welding table that had locking bars with vice grips welded to them , the bars were fully adjustable and would lock to any position with the vice grip on the end. I think there were four bar/grips on about a 2x2' plate . If I had the room ied make one of those.
I was smitten by this construction and initially disregarded dlanes observation about flammability. A little internet search turns up that in the last several years they've been made of Urethane and Polyurethane. Nasty toxic stuff if it begins to off gas. And yes like any plastic it will burn. Hot and toxic.
I'm not ready to give up on the build, but am thinking about alternative spherical shaped objects.
Daryl
MN