REAL MAN TRUCKWORKS & SURVIVAL
TOOLS, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY => Hand Tools, Power Tools, Welders, etc => Topic started by: stlaser on September 12, 2021, 06:13:38 PM
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So couple days ago I put down my $100 deposit on this bad boy
https://fireballtool.com/fireball-hardtail-vise-deposit-for-pre-order/
https://fireballtool.com/
Check out his Instagram account for cool videos of it
https://instagram.com/fireballtool?utm_medium=copy_link
And in case you were wondering, yes this monster will be getting its own stand that is bolted to the floor in new shop.
Once it comes in sometime next April I’ll update this thread with more info.
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That thing's a beast!
33" long? Jeez
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That thing's a beast!
33" long? Jeez
270# too…..
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Yowza!
A monster it is.
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Thanks guys, super excited.
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He builds some pretty neat stuff on his Instagram page. I think it’s awesome that the industrial side of big heavy a$& stuff is coming back to America’s
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He builds some pretty neat stuff on his Instagram page. I think it’s awesome that the industrial side of big heavy a$& stuff is coming back to America’s
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Albeit small specialty shops but I agree
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I want one now but not sure where I'd put the beast. Will be measuring tomorrow!
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I want one now but not sure where I'd put the beast. Will be measuring tomorrow!
It needs its own stand imo, mounted to a bench is silly unless that’s the only place you have to do it.
Even at $1500 I think it’s a steal, second batch will run more I believe. Has to ship freight at 270# so that’s a couple hundred in of itself. So call it $1300, darn bullet vises of decent size which are nothing like this are $600 easy.
Glad I could help you spend moldy green stuff Ken! :tongue:
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyMybJgM1P/?utm_medium=copy_link
30,747# of clamping force :shocked:
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Why does that scene from Casino keep coming to mind….
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Why does that scene from Casino keep coming to mind….
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Sparky buddy and I had exact conversation yesterday, great minds think alike!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyMybJgM1P/?utm_medium=copy_link
30,747# of clamping force :shocked:
I think their selling point may be the one thing that would keep me from buying one. ...a fine thread screw.
I would prefer speed over clamping force for everyday use. (Maybe?)
.. plus the darn thing is huge!
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Too much tool for ya huh? :popcorn:
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUDJlMIJbRn/?utm_medium=copy_link
Video, covers the design and redesign then current vise. Shows progression and why it’s built the way it is currently. Must watch for anyone considering it, Ken……
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No!
Was just watching their gocart sander video. Also a beast.
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Holy tamale!
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That’s a nice looking vise, I want one.
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Love the color
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That’s a nice looking vise, I want one.
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It definitely needs its own custom stand bolted to the floor. Glad I bought mine back in Sept of last year. As with everything the price has gone up.
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That thing is massive
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Puts that axle behind it its place!
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Puts that axle behind it its place!
What?
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That’s a nice looking vise, I want one.
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It definitely needs its own custom stand bolted to the floor. Glad I bought mine back in Sept of last year. As with everything the price has gone up.
Yeah I wish I would've ordered one when you brought it up back then.
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That’s a nice looking vise, I want one.
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It definitely needs its own custom stand bolted to the floor. Glad I bought mine back in Sept of last year. As with everything the price has gone up.
Yeah I wish I would've ordered one when you brought it up back then.
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Even at that I think it’s still a great price today & if I had your money…. Well, ya know I’d just buy like 5! :tongue:
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Heck, if I had somebody else’s money I’d be buying all kinds of things…..kinda like congress.
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So I located some surplus steel 8” sq x 1/4 wall tube relatively cheap ($50 for 3’) and had I not bought other steel just to have it would have been an inexpensive trip….
However, I also had the second base to a jib crane I don’t plan on building now and some gussets for that all from 1/2”. I added some 1/2” x 2” bar to fill in around the flat sides of the square tube. Then shimmed the 8” sq tube up a 1/4” off the floor so it’s not resting flat on floor only the round 1/2” thick base is on the floor where it will be bolted down. Finished it off by ordering a piece of 1” x 10” bar stock I’ll end up bolting the vise to up top. Plan is to get this built and blasted / powdered in semi gloss black.
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So clean!
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So interested in overall weight when finished stand and vise.
Could mount or fabricate a tool holder of sorts on the side also.
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So interested in overall weight when finished stand and vise.
Could mount or fabricate a tool holder of sorts on the side also.
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Guessing the vise weighs 285# give or take 5#
That stand is 100# easy right now without top plate and I’m cutting top plate long then boring some holes in it for hammer handles. Top plate will weigh around 55# give or take after I bore holes in it and trim it up on corners etc.
So all in 450-500#
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So clean!
Thanks
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Heavy duty for sure!
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That is one good looking stand
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Thanks guys, I went back this morning and laid in another weld across top of each of the angle plates and down each end. After last nights welding there was an indent or low area that I thought would easily collect dirt and by filling this in there’s now no natural low area to do that. Granted my shop is always dirty as I’m ripping apart old axle assemblies daily.
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That’s a nice clean weld. Not like the ones my boys are doing teaching themselves to weld. But they are doing it and they’re making metal parts stick together.
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That’s a nice clean weld. Not like the ones my boys are doing teaching themselves to weld. But they are doing it and they’re making metal parts stick together.
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Tell them to turn up the heat and wire speed if mig welding. Steady hand and let it eat……
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Test fit the vise on the stand this morning. Then took stand and a few other small parts in for sandblaster and powder coating. Should have all that back in a couple weeks.
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That's nice looking.
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Good looking work
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What are the three holes on the sloped part
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What are the three holes on the sloped part
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Me playing with my mag drill and a place to hang a large crescent wrench and 3-5# hammer possibly a pry bar etc.
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Nice work!
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Thanks guys, another $200 for blast / paint & maybe I can use it finally
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Thanks guys, another $200 for blast / paint & maybe I can use it finally
Well, you could use it now...
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Matchy red or other? What color powder
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Textured black
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Done
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That is nice, and nice work. I keep a couple tools hanging off my vice, very handy.
For perspective, put a tool on it or a hand to see how really big it is.
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What’s that miniature beater in the tool holder ? Lol
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What’s that miniature beater in the tool holder ? Lol
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You should see his tool box!
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What’s that miniature beater in the tool holder ? Lol
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Didn’t have a 1911 handy :tongue:
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Having flashbacks to that scene in casino where they out the guys head in the vice….
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