Fireball releases a giant vise - the Hardtail

[[486]]

oof
good thing you got all that fresh new roof space
you'll have to punch a steam tunnel over there to get them all on the same boiler

 

[Sceep]

I don’t feel like digging and I’m sure it has changed.



What does a kit cost? Is it in the first post in big red letters?

Psst ThePanzerFuhrer whats one of these bitches cost?

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Psst ThePanzerFuhrer whats one of these bitches cost?

I got to see what the price of steel is this year.

Last year it was right around 315 for all the steel parts shipped unless you live in Ak. You’ll need to buy the jaws and McMaster carr parts separately.

 

[Bebop]

I'm still in

 

[Steve300xcw]

I would be in for a couple as well

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Yeah probably gonna have to wait until after thanksgiving. The train is trying its best to run off the tracks over here .

 

[Steve300xcw]

I hear that

 

[Sceep]

Black friday sale!!!

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Black friday sale!!!

There can be a sale, you can volunteer to carry the shit around. The parts weight like 80+ pounds each vise.

 

[RunningProblem]

There can be a sale, you can volunteer to carry the shit around. The parts weight like 80+ pounds each vise.

So you’re saying I’m going to need a bigger workbench.

 

[Duc]

Got some more time to try and finish up today. I like the handle but I have a feeling my boys will loose it for me. So I decided something non removeable was a good idea. Drilled a hole in some stainless and welded it to my nut, then cleaned it up on the lathe. powdercoated it black. Got some 3/4 stainless and some old ball bearings. The rubber out of a Chicago hose fitting made perfect bumper padsprobably made it a little long but I like it. The other guys finished up today also. Never would have picked it but the purple looks killer in real life. It's Eastwood translucent grape if anyone is wondering.

There can be a sale, you can volunteer to carry the shit around. The parts weight like 80+ pounds each vise.

Vise is working amazing and I still want a powder coat setup but no room for oven. Maybe IR lights instead

 

[Yarz]

Try loosening the jam nut that holds the bearings together just a touch.

I can confirm that this did solve the tight spots issue I had, thanks again!

And additionally, I did get paint on it.. Possibly one of the worst paint jobs I've done, but it should help keep it from rusting.
I still haven't mounted it yet, but since the press was blocked in, the BIG vise got used for pressing u-joints out of my 2500's rear driveshaft.

 

[bgaidan]

I still haven't welded mine.


Of course, I also still don't have an appropriate place to mount it either.

 

[[486]]

Of course, I also still don't have an appropriate place to mount it either.

large tree stump makes a good attachment point

 

[Duc]

I still haven't welded mine.


Of course, I also still don't have an appropriate place to mount it either.

or all that old iron you bring home

 

[bgaidan]

or all that old iron you bring home

Yeah, I actually realized after I posted that I have a 3x4 piece of 3/4" plate that I picked up like 2 years ago to make a table. Just need to weld the legs and bracing to it.

 

[ANGELO]

I have the numbers in the fireball plan and the irwin jaws. But whats the mc master number for the ACME coupler nut and rod?

 

[ANGELO]

Are you guys greasing anything when you put it together? Or leaving it dry?

 

[Clemson13]

Well.... After months since I fucked mine up by welding the sides with the jaw tube inside... It's free! I had my HF press all twisted up trying to press it out

It gouged a huge chunk of of the side of the jaw tube that I need to fill in then re profile the whole thing to slide right again.

After that I'm almost done

 

[[486]]

It gouged a huge chunk of of the side of the jaw tube that I need to fill in then re profile the whole thing to slide right again.

galling is pain

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Are you guys greasing anything when you put it together? Or leaving it dry?

I just grease the threaded rod and a little on the bearings.

 

[PAToyota]

15% at Fireball Tools: Fireball Tool - https://fireballtool.com/


We've also been working on some black Friday sales and figure we'd open it up a little early. Use code "thanks15" for 15% off everything on our site (except welding table stuff and hardtail vise). Sale goes until 30 November.

 

[RunningProblem]

So where is the Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale price?

 

[PAToyota]

15% at Fireball Tools: Fireball Tool - https://fireballtool.com/


We've also been working on some black Friday sales and figure we'd open it up a little early. Use code "thanks15" for 15% off everything on our site (except welding table stuff and hardtail vise). Sale goes until 30 November.

So where is the Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale price?

Literally the post right before yours...

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Literally the post right before yours...

He was making fun of me . He was looking for a sale on the vise flats.

 

[Duc]

He was making fun of me . He was looking for a sale on the vise flats.

He just wants to be part of the cool kids but this is a seasonal thing.

 

[RunningProblem]

I’ll never be a cool kid. I’ll just be a guy who buys what my imaginary friends make me think they buy.

He just wants to be part of the cool kids but this is a seasonal thing.

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Gauging interest in how many sets I need to start getting parts for? I’ll slowly start working on this now that shit has kinda slowed down for the year.

I’ll get a list made of what everyone wants and start working through it.

 

[aczlan]

Gauging interest in how many sets I need to start getting parts for? I’ll slowly start working on this now that shit has kinda slowed down for the year.

I’ll get a list made of what everyone wants and start working through it.

Still looking for a set of tubes, I think I'd PM you about them a while back.

Aaron Z

 

[Duc]

Gauging interest in how many sets I need to start getting parts for? I’ll slowly start working on this now that shit has kinda slowed down for the year.

I’ll get a list made of what everyone wants and start working through it.

I need to see if any coworkers want to build one. What was the total price again for everything?


Made a new mounting plate for the vise. I need to convert the stand over to the same bolt system so I can switch grinder, buffer and vise out if needed. Most of the time the vise can live on the table.