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Re: Home made chain vise
« Reply #40 on: January 06, 2014, 04:21:08 pm »
Noticed the homemade vice above  was made from an old bed frame rail. That material is manganese steel. You have to be a "MAN" to saw or drill it but it should last forever,

Those old bed rails were my dad's favorite material for building little things around the house that utilized angle arm. He would seek it out at the scrap yard. As a kid I always wondered why it was so difficult to work with but later on, in college, I noticed what steel they were made of.

So if you have any old bed rails laying around, don't take them to the junk yard.

I did not know that.   But being some what of a welder I don't throw metal away and I just happen to have some of those bed rails.
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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #41 on: January 06, 2014, 07:07:12 pm »
66magnum,

I frequently find the old bed frames for a few dollars at garage sales, or free at the curb.

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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #42 on: January 06, 2014, 08:35:50 pm »
I've got one of the nice ones coming from homelite410 here this week. I think it will be much better than what I've been using.

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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #43 on: January 06, 2014, 08:39:13 pm »
I've been using a regular bench vice that has worked well for me but back when he first started making them, I bought a Homelite410 vice.
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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2014, 09:48:22 pm »
That's good to know on the bed rails.  Local Charity thrift store sells em for a couple bucks a set.
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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #45 on: January 07, 2014, 10:08:21 pm »
My smaller 4' X 3' work bench has a Craftsman 4" swivel vice on a 1/4" steel top but the legs and frame are made from bed rails. It is all bolted with no welding. It was built by my dad in the late 50's.
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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #46 on: July 11, 2014, 09:24:32 pm »
store bought ChainMeister video


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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #47 on: July 11, 2014, 09:52:32 pm »
Now that I like. :)

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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #48 on: July 11, 2014, 09:56:26 pm »
who sells the chainmeister?

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Re: Homemade chain vise - In shop hand filing
« Reply #49 on: July 11, 2014, 09:59:20 pm »
$108 clams and it's yours. That doesn't include the bar holder brackets.

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