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Posted: 2/28/2008 12:16:54 PM EDT
| I have a vice i would like to start using for my armorer's block and such for projects. but i have one problem. I rent an apt so I have no work bench. Is there an effective way to secure a vice and make it sturdy so I can use it for a project and be relatively compact and able to be used for my firearms work? |
| get a bathroom type vanity with two doors in the front. The top where the sink would go you would normally mount a counter top cut out for the sink. Use a solid core door or something similar. Mount the vise on that after you screw and secure the top on the vanity. works great for me. I have reloading press also mounted on the set up I just described. |
| This probably won't help since you already have a vise; however, I'm picking up one of these today for my own use. |
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Find an old car wheel, weld a pipe straight up, ending in a platform big enough for the vice. Here is a link to one made from an 18 wheeler brake hub. Even for those who have permanent shops, this would be a big addition to any who likes to tinker with metal or wood work. |
I've used this method before for the same reasons as the op. Works like a charm even when you are trying to bust loose a barrel nut. The fold up workbenches are a waste of your money in my experience they just won't hold up to the abuse of some of the torque involved. |
They can't be used in place of a vise, but they make a decent stand for the vise-on-a-board and they can be put out of the way when not in use. |
The biggest, heaviest, sturdiest MOFO you can afford and have the space for. The best vise by far IMHO is made by Columbian. I was lucky enough to rescue a barely used one from a scrap metal bin. |
i like the wiltons. amazon will ship for free, raped them. |
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this is going to sound really bad but worked great for me. i used a large pipe wrench to hold my action block while working on the floor. please know i was working with a vltor upper so if i was not comfortable doing it or worried that i would scratch it i would not have done it |
Find in your home a solid surface. I use my kitchen aisle. Attach the vice to a piece of wood.  Use C-clamps to attach the vice/wood fixture to the solid surface.   Solid enough for rebareling or just put toguether an upper assembly.  Tips: Put an old towel between the vice and surface. Wait for the wife/girlfriend/mother is not at home to try this  ETA: The only way to securely clamp the upper receiver for rebarreling is to sandwich the receiver between the block and a scrap piece of wood as pictured below. (pic from ADCO.com) 
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Which upper block is that? |
Looks like DPMS Claw. |
 Look around at garage sales and craigslist. I picked up this solid topped desk at a garage sale for $20. Bought a harbor freight vice for $30. I'm on my 3rd HF vice. Keep breaking them by using them to push in ak barrel pins. Also found a US made vice (much better quality) at a garage sale for $5. |
DPMS Claw. |
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