50 years old, still got all my fingers, never had a comp claim, never used one penny of un-employment.....knock knock
Now my back, thats another story...haha
compact, easy carry, small vise for three or four cuts?
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50 years old, still got all my fingers, never had a comp claim, never used one penny of un-employment.....knock knock
Now my back, thats another story...haha
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Gloves, I can see, but you're nuts if you think the vise would be "illegal". By what means? I think some people are scared of their own shadow when I hear stuff like that. I took those pictures over my dining room table, so my wife really doesn't have rules about gloves when working around the house.
I work in the Nuclear industry, I think BP has similar rules. We have to use kevlar gloves to cut anything. I got in trouble for carrying a transmitter to the shop without wearing gloves. Not sure what the rules are for vises but I am 99% sure you will never see that on site.
Took those pictures at the dining room table?? sure sure it's your story
I agree some rules are overkill
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Some companies are rather stuck-up about using non-company issued tools, other than the basic required tool lists (screwdrivers, tape measure, hammer, strippers, 9-kliens, etc.). They have a NIH attitude.
Wife must not be home tonight?
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Those pictures are a couple years old. Small matter. I've got three teenagers to clean up after me.
Cow
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I guess I don't understand what all the fuss is about?
I'd just buy a cordless metal saw and be done with it. One tool required. No hacksaw, clamp, or tripod required. Lay the pipe over your leg, ladder, etc and zip through it. You'll be done cutting it before you'd even get the clamp tool on it and hacksaw out. I've never had a problem with unsquare cuts either. So far my Dewalt blade has lasted 1.5 years, quite a bit longer than the sawzall blades I was using before.
FYI, I would not recommend the metal blade in the wood circular saw. Safety glasses can't even save you from those chips, they go EVERYWHERE!
This thread reminds me, I need to have a bracket built for my bumper to hold a rigid pipe vise. I'm tired of packing a tripod to thread a few pieces of pipe.
I'd just buy a cordless metal saw and be done with it. One tool required. No hacksaw, clamp, or tripod required. Lay the pipe over your leg, ladder, etc and zip through it. You'll be done cutting it before you'd even get the clamp tool on it and hacksaw out. I've never had a problem with unsquare cuts either. So far my Dewalt blade has lasted 1.5 years, quite a bit longer than the sawzall blades I was using before.
FYI, I would not recommend the metal blade in the wood circular saw. Safety glasses can't even save you from those chips, they go EVERYWHERE!
This thread reminds me, I need to have a bracket built for my bumper to hold a rigid pipe vise. I'm tired of packing a tripod to thread a few pieces of pipe.
LarryFine
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Neither do I. I usually place one end of the piep, strut, etc. over the step of my ladder and under the corresponding backside 'rung' or vice-versa, depending on which way gives me a more horizontal positioning.
Do you have a trailer-hitch socket? I've seen a vise base that fits into a 2" receiver socket. Most likely in the American Van catalog.
I use the bucket as a vise with the "v" notch.
As an added bonus, put an empty Klien hand cleaner bucket [or similar] into the larger bucket to hold your tools upright....the area between the two buckets can hold some material and the trash on the way out.
Cow
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It doesn't hardly ever throw sparks. It's one of those tools that once you have it you wished you'd have bought it sooner. Like an impact...:smile: It also cuts sealtite cleanly too, that's a nice bonus.
Yes, I actually built the hitch mounted vise we have at our shop. It's kind of a heavy beast though, so I usually take the tripod with me anyways. At least then I'm not tied to working right at the truck. But, if I had a bumper vise, it'd always be right there and it's one less tool to grab.
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rexowner
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I agree. The metal cutting blade on a regular circ saw cuts cleanly,
but I had to pull a metal sliver out of my lip, so I now use
a full face guard when I use it to slice conduit. I probably
should buy the right saw.
Yep there's a creative feller....I've already been on online looking for 6 gallons buckets, they are bit taller. You've sold me on the idea...Im purchasing two of them for use for long stock (full sticks)
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Shucks Mule, a 10 gallon hat would be a little taller yet, and easier to find in yer parts....
Shucks Mule, a 10 gallon hat would be a little taller yet, and easier to find in yer parts....
I suppose one could use it to dip bath water also......
It's not my fault, my father named me that !!!
An everyday spackle bucket works fine....if you lose it, run over it, gets stolen, etc...replacements are easy to come by :grin:
The little Klien bucket is the piece of gold here ~ it takes quite awhile to run through all those wipes!
BONUS #2:
Save the lid!
Attach it to the bucket with some scrap #12 [no ty wraps]...now you can't lose the lid.....
- tools stay dry when it's raining [in/out of truck/job]
- does double time as a sit for coffee breaks and also when installing devices
- please refrain from using it as a 2 foot step ladder
Cut off every other section of where the lid attaches to the bucket...unless you like to battle with lid removal
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Alas, it is illegal to have a vice on the job site.
Plumbers sorta get away with it but their pipe vises are not really ordinary vices.
I have and use a couple of pairs of ViceGrip LC 12s. They have large, curved jaws and I use them to clamp the conduit to the rail of a lift.
One of my favorite teaching examples is showing the new guys how to stick the conduit thru the small hole in the bender.
Another technique is to use your knee to press the pipe against the rail/step of a yellow Werner ladder -- preferably a 7 footer.
~Peter
Plumbers sorta get away with it but their pipe vises are not really ordinary vices.
I have and use a couple of pairs of ViceGrip LC 12s. They have large, curved jaws and I use them to clamp the conduit to the rail of a lift.
One of my favorite teaching examples is showing the new guys how to stick the conduit thru the small hole in the bender.
Another technique is to use your knee to press the pipe against the rail/step of a yellow Werner ladder -- preferably a 7 footer.
~Peter
electricalperson
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why are vices illegal on the job?
peter d
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Huh???? When did this happen?!?!?!
Must be a California thing.
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