Sunday, October 31, 2010

Workbench mostly complete and post vise mounted.

  The new central workbench in my shop is mostly complete.  I've got tools piled on top of it to help the glue set.  Today I spent some time mounting the post vise to the corner.  As a reminder, a post vise is a type of vise used by blacksmiths.  It has a leg to absorb the shock of hammering into the floor rather than the axle of the vise.  I got the vise mounted and it appears to be rock solid.  This will be the first time I've ever had a post vise mounted this way.  In the past I've always had to make due with portable stands that rocked and really could not take that much twisting.

  What I have still left to do...



  1. Attach a small stand at one end for the shears I got a few weeks ago.

  2. Attach heavy duty power strips to the sides of the table.  Will give me 20 more outlets in the shop.

  3. Mount a smaller vise but that will be quick.


The shop is coming together and it will be great to get back to smithing.

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