Hillbilly Canuck
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Lots of people stupid enough to fish on it the last couple days so there's that
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Duck
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It's not as heavy as it looks. @Electric Chicken has one just like it I think.
It's hollow. Like a stamped sheet metal thing except it's like 1/4" thick low grade Chinesium.
Duck
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Ain't no missing door spring. There's only one. It's a small lightweight "one car garage" type of door.
The panels are white polystyrene with thin aluminum sheet metal on both sides. It weighs very little.
The only thing the homemade 2x4 vise gallows thing has to do with the operation of the door is that it's quickly removable to permit the door being opened.
Hint: it's not something any Florida resident would need in his garage.
389 Hood
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It must be a small door then. Every overhead door that I've ever seen has to counterbalance springs.
I have a vise similar to that and it is heavy as hell. Made by Doyle, I think. Chinesium from Harbor Freight, but I don't abuse it more than a 2' pipe on the handle. So far, it's holding up. I like the 360 degree swivel, the pipe jaws in it and the fact that you can rotate the pipe jaws up to work on your material better.
I have a vise similar to that and it is heavy as hell. Made by Doyle, I think. Chinesium from Harbor Freight, but I don't abuse it more than a 2' pipe on the handle. So far, it's holding up. I like the 360 degree swivel, the pipe jaws in it and the fact that you can rotate the pipe jaws up to work on your material better.
Duck
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The one that's bolted to my workbench is a Doyle from HF.
The one hanging from the garage door is useless for anything but wood because I replaced the jaws with ones that I made from hardwood, so I can clamp wood without putting teeth marks in it. But then I lost one of the metal ones, and my dog didn't find it for me.
The north end of the barn has a 22 foot wide, 11 foot tall rollup door.
The one on the shop is 8 wide, 7 tall.
The contractor who built the pole barn did the shop door, but we had to call a different contractor for the big door, one that builds aircraft hangars.
Electric Chicken
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Yeah I was going to comment I think it's the same one. Both blue HF. I think mine is 6" but haven't had a girl verify yet.
Duck
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My blue one is from Menards. Different brand name but slightly cheaper than the identical one at HF.
Rigjockey
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Since Florida has the death penalty, they would not need this in their garage.
It's a hanging machine.
Instead of a quick drop, the criminal is raised slowly by the neck. less humane but equally effective.
Electric Chicken
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Shreck
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Ok we give up.I'm curious to see if y'all can figure out what the purpose of this thing is.
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389 Hood
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Mine looks identical, except for the pipe jaws. Mine are removable and the entire clamping section spins 360 degrees.
I still would like an 8" vise for heavier work, but they are expensive as hell.
Electric Chicken
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I never tried.
Duck
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There's always a 1/2" gap at the top of the door where it's supposed to touch the weatherstrip on the inside of the door opening at the top.
I've got the tracks adjusted as close to the doorway as possible without it dragging when it opens.
Cold air was rushing in through that gap.
The vise gallows transfers the weight of the vise sideways so it holds the gap closed.
I'm eventually going to replace the vise with something else like a jug of water, or a milk crate with a couple of chains in it.
Or just figure out how to make a latch that holds it shut, but retracts out of the way so the door can open. With an operating lever down low so I don't have to stand on a milk crate to reach it.
That could get complicated
Duck
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Well shit. Maybe I did get mine from HF.
Maybe I just saw the Menards version slightly cheaper a few days later and remembered it wrong.
to annoy us with more useless pictures..???I'm curious to see if y'all can figure out what the purpose of this thing is.
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Electric Chicken
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That was before I bolted it down. Way back when I first bought it. Dug into the archives for that one.
Duck
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You mean to say you don't have any recent photos of your vise?
I bet it feels neglected.
You've probably got at least a hundred more recent pictures of your other tools.
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