On 8/4/2017 12:29 AM, StephenS wrote:
> On 03/08/2017 1:09 PM, Stephen wrote:
> ....
>> Nicely done. :)
>> I've not seen this design before. All of the vices I've used look like
>> this:
>> http://www.toolsinstock.com/100MM_ENGINEERS_VICE--product--8355.html
>> Or this:
>> http://www.toolsinstock.com/150mm_WOODWORKING_VICE--product--8466.html
>>
>> But then that has been at work and the companies paid for it.
>>
>> I can't see the thread.
>>
> The first one.

You have lost me there, Stephen.
I was talking about the threaded rod and what it screws into.

> One of the pieces is a 'U' shape, if I cut the tubing it would distort
> to much from tension. A change in design was needed.
>
>>> I might make this, if my welding is good enough. It's easy for things
>>> not to fit together after the weld has cooled.
>>

My inexperience is showing here.
My only exposure to welding* is when I worked offshore and everything 
was built like a brick outside loo. ;)

>> Gas welding?
> ....
> Arc, MIG (metal inert gas)
>

I thought gas because with arc maybe only a tack would do. But then I 
forgot about the support legs and the material.

Which makes me wonder if a blob would work for the welds.
(Something else to distract me from other projects. Groan.)


*
And that was watching other people work and time spent chatting in the 
tea hut during "smoke-o" and skiving. :)
All the welding done there was TIG


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Regards
     Stephen

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