Graybeard
| Boone, Yes, it extends down and contacts the floor... That way it rests on something solid.... Other than just bolted to a bench. |
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| Colonel, I had one once that I bolted to a big elm stump out in the yard--just fastened the post to the stump with some strapping. Don't remember if it touched the ground or not. Some say having it "grounded" helps absorb energy if you use the little anvil part and bang on things. Dick
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Booshway
| My Grandfather had one of those in his workshop in the old barn. I also remember a hand cranked drill press that was bolted to the wall. I wanted them but it was in his will that everything be sold at auction. The trouble was a dishonest auctioneer. Those two items never showed up at the auction. Many other things didn't either. I did, however, manage to get Granddad's old portable forge.
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Greenhorn
| Mine is just clamped to the bottom of the post but I've seen them set right in the concrete floor and I think that's what the big ball on the end was meant to do, to hold it in the concrete. I've also seen them cemented in a large bucket as 1776 said. Hank |
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Booshway
| My Dad has one in his basement that was there when he moved in. The vise leg is cemented right into the floor. I've got another post vise in my blacksmith shop. It has the leg resting in a hole in a monster block of oak. I don't know if this is common on post vises, but the my vise leg has a lip of metal about an inch above the bottom of the leg. I bolted a small square of half inch steel plate to the oak block with a hole in it. the lip sits on that steel peice, and it makes a pretty sturdy stand.
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Booshway
| Sounds Great, Boone! That cast footing sounds like it will definetely hold the vise. And don't make me jelous with your anvil! I'd sure like to get my hands on another anvil! (even though I've already got a good hundred pounder I bought from a good friend, and don't really need another. ) Sounds like you're gettin' a good set up. Forge ahead! ~Josh
"Return unto me, and I will return unto you," saith the Lord of hosts. ~Malachi 3:7b
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Booshway
| lol! sure is! I've been doin' it since the summer of 2010, and have loved every minute (except when I burn up a project. It seems that this happens most often while I'm daydreaming about how great it'll look when I'm finished! ) This summer I finally found a good spot for my forge shop. We tore down the old, saggy half of our garage and rebuilt it for use as my forge shop. It's really great except that I'm still getting set up, and I've got to wait til we finish siding our garge. It's really hard to get around with a bunch of boxes of siding hoggin' the floor space!
"Return unto me, and I will return unto you," saith the Lord of hosts. ~Malachi 3:7b
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