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When everything is cool trial fit your components together.

Time to work on the bottom vise jaw while the welds cool. Put the piece of 2" plate center punched for a hole earlier in the vise. Using a 5/16" drill bit, drill a hole through it and tap the hole to 3/8" NC. If you're hand tapping be sure to square the tap to the work piece so it will bolt into...

Now to weld the two major sections of the vise body. Put the 6" x 4 1/2" plate in the vise and place the 2 1/2" long 3 1/2" dia. pipe inside the marked circle. Position it so the welded on nut is centered on one of the 6" long sides. Clamp it onto the mounting plate and tack weld it in place on...

Now to weld the nuts in place on the pipes that will be the vise body. Thread a 3/8" nut up to the shoulder of a long standard 3/8" bolt, I believe this was 3" long. Place the bolt through your hole drilled earlier, and finger tighten a 3/8" nut onto the bottom while you center the nut in the...

Most people use their bench vise to hold something when welding at one time or another. While this is probably the best way when smaller pieces are involved, there is a good possibility the vise can be damaged. If you weld something in the jaws, and are not directly clamped on to the piece, you...

Now we'll drill the holes in our pipe bodies for welding on the nuts that our locking bolts will need. First let's size the nut for a hole that allows a little room for placement error. A 7/16" hole will leave a little wiggle room without allowing any weld spatter to get onto the bolt...

[Next we drill the holes we marked in the base plate. Use a 1/2" drill and be sure to lubricate your drill bits. Be sure to chamfer all drilled holes, as it will keep the leaks to a minimum.

The first thing to do is measure and cut the vise body parts The base is already cut to size. Cut the 3 1/2" dia. pipe into two pieces, one piece 2 1/2" long leaving the other near 3 5/8" long. Cut the the 3" dia. pipe into two pieces, one piece 4" long leaving the other near 6" long. Cut...

After seeing a few other makers use different versions of a Knifemakers Vise, I decided to fabricate my own from the best example I could find. I joined the Knifedogs forum and shortly after Tracy posted the new Knifemakers Vises he was adding to his US Knifemaker online store, I knew I had...

Already took care of that :D Mike

Frank, hello there Welcome to the pack Looking forward to your future contributions ;) Mike

What little flag with Bump in it Bruce bump1??? ooopsluvsite1bouncewow1 Click the more button when selecting a smiley in advanced. As you can see Tracy & Dave have given us a plethora of ways to express ourselves outside the written word. Mike

Bruce, Hope my small contribution helps out. paypal 1 Thank you for letting us all help as we can. Let's hear it for Bruce and Michael bump1 Mike

Well, It's still summer down here :rolleyes: Three days in a row of record breaking high temperatures, 95 F and higher, and yesterday we got almost an inch of rain from a thunderstorm. A tropical thunderstorm :eek:

Yahoo luvsite1 Great Job Everybody 2thumbs:D yea! Mike

Houghton Quench K recommends 140 degrees F and is their fast quench oil that is mineral based. You should probably try 130 degrees F as you are using straight mineral oil. Stay clear of the smoke now that your not using cooking oil ;) Mike

My families prayers are with you and your family. God Bless

Great way to produce income for the playground equipment and let all of us who love your knives participate mo money Looking forward to donating to the cause :D Mike

081 Thank You Tracy

+2 on WIP Let us know if your forum family can help in any way Mike