It was a single rail with the vise bolted on to it. The weight of the rail
and vise was enough to keep it in place. It was about a 1 metre length of
track. We built my motorized go-cart on it, that was a dead-ringer for the
Morris Oxford I later owned.
Wax Nostagically (should be waxing my car),
Mark Milotay
At 02:33 PM 27/03/98 -0600, Chris Meier wrote:
>Railroad track, as in a single rail that are used in pairs that full
>size
>trains roll on? How is the vice attached? How is it locked down for
>use?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: otmc@bc1.com [SMTP:otmc@bc1.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 1998 1:55 PM
>> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: What's your favorite vise?
>>
>>
>> Wild sex, drinking, cuban cigars... Ooooops I thought it said vice. My
>> favorite vise was one I used as a kid while helping my uncle work on
>> his
>> cars. It was a bench vise mounted on a length of railroad track on his
>> work
>> bench. This is the arrangement I want to go with when I re-do my
>> workshop.
>>
>> At 10:31 AM 27/03/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> >What's your favorite vise?
>> >
>> >I have this new, empty garage and want to get something better than
>> the
>> >small Sears bench vise I have. I have an old Record woodworking vise,
>> >very nice to use.
>> >
>> >For that matter, my neighbor, who is into blacksmithing, swears by a
>> >free standing pole mounted vise. How does it compare to a bench
>> mounted
>> >vise, besides offering 360 degree access?
>> >
>> >Ken Landaiche
>> >
>
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