Around the Shop #11: A vintage Wheel drive for the leg vise

Wow, that thing is big! It’s very cool. I imagine using the leg vise is like steering the Titanic.

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

No problem getting the proper amount of torque outta that bad boy Don. Once again i lust your rust brother.

-- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection.

well, lets hope it don’t sink, although its cold enough in there right now to hit an iceberg!!

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So cool Don! Can you free wheel spin it like the benchcrafted?

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

Nice, I’ve got a similar wheel off an old mill, or lathe, or something that I’m hoping to use for mine. It’s not quite so large, so I won’t have the leverage you would with this… I bet you could crush many things with that kind of leverage lol

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN - http://www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods - http://www.TheModsquito.com

Don that is so neat.

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

That is sweet, it just begs to be spun!

-- John - Central PA - http://affyx.wordpress.com

Looks like a real improvement. Great idea.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

what a great upgrade…and why isnt your wood stove keeping thing warm, or did you not fire it up..ive got to get mine going, i have work to do, just have had a lazy week…plus my mom is in icu in florida, and im quite worried for her…to much on my mind , dont want a cutting accident…bt i really love the wheel, does it turn pretty smooth..grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Oh hell yes!

-- ~Tony

Grizzman, I’ve been gone all week and didn’t get out there until this afternoon. The wood stove is going now and it not bad. Its been cold here though.

I’m working in tampa, so the temp difference is a pain. 0-80 you know!

Mauricio, I took a one handed crappy video of the spin. Now to figure out how to upload it again.

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oh great, i was hoping your shop would be warm enough, the tampa area is where my mom is, if you have time, stop in and see her, she is in the icu unit at morton plant…last name is putman. tell her her son sends all his love…have a good weekend, i guess your going back…

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Very cool!

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

i posted a link to the crappy video. Someone remind me how to embed it and I’ll fix it.

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Very cool Don, I love it.

To embed a video from Photobucket, just click on the HTML code under the video links on the right. It automatically copies the code to the clipboard, then you just paste it in your thread.

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