James Sawyer
ArboristSite Operative
I should have asked before I cut metal, but I want to build a bench or stand mount maintenance vise to repair chainsaws. I thought I'd ask if anyone has built one and if they had some suggestion before I built mine. If you could share some Photo that would be great. I have more material so I can make changes if need be... but I don't have a lot of it.
My thoughts are to machine grooves in the bar stock where I could use a bolt as a lock and keep the bar stock from sliding out of the vise. I was thinking I could mount the bar mount to the saw and then slide it in the vise for easy saw placement. The grooves would keep the bolts from marring the outside surface of the bar stock so it would always be able to spin the shafts inside the pipe without marring.
The 6" bar stock (shown) would weld to the flat bar (bar mount) and spin in the length of 5" pipe. The short 3" length bar stock would weld to the 5" pipe, this assemble would spin in the 2 1/2" length of pipe for vertical rotation. The 4" bar stock would weld to the 2 1/2" pipe and spin in the 3 1/4" length pipe for 360 rotations above the bench. I was thinking about using 1" washers weld to the bar stock as stops or not. The 3 1/2 length of pipe I want to weld concentric with in a section of 2" pipe (I need to make some plates with bores to keep the 1" pipe concentric). In the end I want to weld a bench mount plate on the bottom of 2" pipe. My thoughts are to make the vise high enough so the saw can swing it over a bench upside down and clear the handlebars.
The materials shown here is some metric bar stock (Metric roller shaft, it's like boat shaft it Hard), the pipe shown is 1" ID and some flat bar. I was having a hard time finding pipe or bar stock that had enough clearance that would work together and not be too slobby. Anyway, this what I came up with from some scrap that was laying around.
I've been wanting to build a Maintenace vise for a long time but just hadn't had the time. The commercial ones seem too be hard to find. I am hoping for some input before spending more time on this... there probably something I am missing. Sure, would appreciate your advice.
My thoughts are to machine grooves in the bar stock where I could use a bolt as a lock and keep the bar stock from sliding out of the vise. I was thinking I could mount the bar mount to the saw and then slide it in the vise for easy saw placement. The grooves would keep the bolts from marring the outside surface of the bar stock so it would always be able to spin the shafts inside the pipe without marring.
The 6" bar stock (shown) would weld to the flat bar (bar mount) and spin in the length of 5" pipe. The short 3" length bar stock would weld to the 5" pipe, this assemble would spin in the 2 1/2" length of pipe for vertical rotation. The 4" bar stock would weld to the 2 1/2" pipe and spin in the 3 1/4" length pipe for 360 rotations above the bench. I was thinking about using 1" washers weld to the bar stock as stops or not. The 3 1/2 length of pipe I want to weld concentric with in a section of 2" pipe (I need to make some plates with bores to keep the 1" pipe concentric). In the end I want to weld a bench mount plate on the bottom of 2" pipe. My thoughts are to make the vise high enough so the saw can swing it over a bench upside down and clear the handlebars.
The materials shown here is some metric bar stock (Metric roller shaft, it's like boat shaft it Hard), the pipe shown is 1" ID and some flat bar. I was having a hard time finding pipe or bar stock that had enough clearance that would work together and not be too slobby. Anyway, this what I came up with from some scrap that was laying around.
I've been wanting to build a Maintenace vise for a long time but just hadn't had the time. The commercial ones seem too be hard to find. I am hoping for some input before spending more time on this... there probably something I am missing. Sure, would appreciate your advice.
