[6252] in APO Printshop
Re: Vice on table
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Catherine Olsson)
Thu Jan 27 01:14:54 2011
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:14:50 -0500
From: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
To: Charley Hamilton <charley.hamilton@gmail.com>
CC: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@mit.edu>,
"Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>, apo-printshop@mit.edu,
rhkeeler@mit.edu, "apo-president@mit.edu" <apo-president@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikNuoqSn6Jgyr+1iT-smJ+xAdXm1TzZ0=TVsTMe@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks so much for the suggestion, Charley! I'm glad you have the
technical know-how to understand what would be involved - I sure don't =).
I'm *sure* it will be easier to find a bit of space for a wall-mounted
vice than for an entire waist-height table, and there will be more
layout freedom for future rearrangements too. Presshop, would this be
feasible for your needs?
On 01/26/2011 10:59 PM, Charley Hamilton wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Mitchell E Berger<mitchb@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Folding table we can store in the printshop, maybe near the Dexion's
>> usual home? That would be a little less high than the existing
>> table, but mostly satisfies the height need. It satisfies the
>> working room need because you can take it out and place it wherever
>> you want to work. It does not satisfy the thickness or sturdiness
>> goals, but we could perhaps get an additional piece of wood about
>> the same dimension as the folding table's top, stored in the same
>> place, that can be put on top of it when you want to use the vice
>> to thicken and reinforce it.
>>
>> This table could potentially find other uses, too - maybe for
>> ironing silkscreened shirts in the office.
>>
>> Mitch
> Regarding mounting of bench vises, I have a 6" jaw vise mounted in my
> garage on a home-built workbench. The workbench weighs in excess of
> 600# (including all of the misc tools inside) and I still manage to
> tip it occasionally when working with the vise. Any "tabletop"
> solution would need to have adequate mass to resist uplift/overturning
> while using the vise.
>
> Is there a location in the APOffice where the vise could be mounted to
> a wall? How averse are folks to discussing placement of a 2-3 epoxy
> anchors into the CMU walls with Phys Plant? I can probably work up a
> design (being an structural engineer comes in handy that way) that
> could resist the necessary design forces if the Press Shop and Exec
> Comm can agree on a home.
>
> If the masonry wall is grouted (Phys Plant's structural drawings and a
> 1C or Phys Plant engineer to read them could answer this), it could
> even be done with something like a Simpson Titen HD anchor. That
> would only require drilling the holes in the masonry, and driving the
> screw anchor in place. APO could rent the hardware to do the install
> (Hilti rotary hammer drill and an impact driver) from Home Depot's
> rental department, and the whole thing would be removable (unlike an
> epoxy anchor, which would need to be cut off flush) if the APOffice
> ever moves.
>
> If this is of interest, and somebody can give me a description of the
> vise and what it is used for, I could back-of-the envelope a
> wall-mounted solution that APO could price. That way, Exec Comm and
> the Press Shop could consider cost in their decision.
>
>
> YiLFS,
>
> Charley
