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Pat B:
That's the ideal set up for a vice, to have it where you can work all around it. It helps prevent uneven limb thickness for one thing. I've pulled my work table out of the block wall twice over the years removing bark and sapwood from osage staves and broke 2, 4" red vices too so I doubt a plate bolted to the floor would last very long. If you could set a post in the ground in concrete without it getting in the way otherwise that would be the way to go.

neuse:
I put one in my garage, 1 1/2" black iron pipe, screwed to a floor plate.
The floor plate is attatched to the concrete with drop in anchors, bolted down with lock washers.
Same floor plate on top, with a small piece of 2x6 attached to the plate and the vice attached to the 2x6.

It is not super perfect, but it gets the job done.

DC:
How long have you been using it, Neuse? I was planning on a 3" pipe so it would be stiffer but it's the durability of the anchors (well, the concrete) that concerns me.

Mounter:
I’ve been thinking of something similar.. I was going to have a hole bored in the concrete floor for pipe, but worried about it spinning. Now I think I will cut a 12 inch by 12 inch out , dig down about 10 inch’s and re pour with 3 x3 inch square metal stock centered in hole.

Probably wrap the metal with a wrap of cardboard or something to make a slightly loose fitting slip joint....  i’ll Be watching for other ideas tho.

DC:
I was thinking about something like that but I'll probably be selling the house at some point and a three inch pipe in the centre of one bay of the garage wouldn't be a big selling point.

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