Tube Vise Build - Fireball Tool Style - Part 1 

Im so jealous yours is done and broken in and I'm just getting up to speed. Im so glad I got to see Jason and Smart Channel and now you build this tube vise. Y'all are making the process so much easier for others with the explanations and descriptions and videos, thanks a million.

WOW, this is a very ambitious project. I can't imagine tackling something like this myself, but it is a great deal of enjoyment to watch how you are doing it. Looking forward to part 2. Looking great so far. 👍

Very nice! Unlike Jason’s video, this almost makes it seem possible to build one myself. Almost.

Gotta go see part two, this is a great looking build.

Brilliant! Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Good work so far. That said, as my local scrapyard does a great line in vices for scrap iron prices I will never need to actually make one myself!

Awesome build..lots of work!

Excellent job, congrats

Awesome start. 👌

Just found your channel, excellent videos, looking forward to many more

I'm building one for myself it will have 42" travel and 16"jaws. Great video, keep'um coming..

Gday, you have done a great job, I like the design and it won’t wear out in a hurry, looking forward to the next video, cheers

Great video if i could make one suggestion upgrading to a acme or trapezoidal thread will give better wear and load capabilities and you dont have to turn the handle so much to open the vice.

Your channel is good. I see much potential.

Wow- awesome results. Just found your channel from the #roughcut2022 tag. I’ve immediately subscribed and I am excited to consume the rest of your content. Keep up the excellent and very inspiring work….. and hopefully you can find the time and energy to share more. Your style sure meets everything I’m looking for in RU-vid fabrication/machining content (which is pretty much all I watch). I expect so many others like me feel the same. 👍👍😎👍👍

good device...

Your vise looks extremely sturdy. I notice you use Mig and Stick welding, how do you decide which situation requires what sort of welding? Also why two sets of bearing at the front and why the two additional nuts at the front? Thanks

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At about the 17:20 mark of this video, you mentioned that you had to "relieve the ends" of the outer tube. I'm gleaning that this was done to allow the inner tube to slide a bit more freely. Would you mind elaborating on how you accomplished the relief you mentioned, sir? Needless to say, the sliding action in this design is a very important factor when it comes to the final product. Thank you for producing a very useful video.

Hi there Mate...awesome vice..i was wondering if i could place an order for the exact size bench vice.

Hi Mate, just curious about your welding. You use MIG for tacking and Stick for the bulky welds. Is there a reason for this? I’m very keenly following this and your series on the Hossfeld bender. You make it look like I could actually make one of each. Thank you for bringing this technology to the masses.

Gostei, mas poderia ter um ângulo de ataque mais avançado nas laterais,mais arrojado, e em baixo um desenho para prender tubos redondos. Faltou fechar as laterais que suportam os mordentes, se fosse feito isso, ficaria mais resistente, mais que perfeito. Também estou fazendo um roletado. Parabéns!

Would you do anything differently looks like you thought of everything If you upgrade to acme thread I hope you make a video

nice job! I have one piece of unsolicited advice for you. slow down your welding travel speed, they have the telltale signs of moving too quickly. it's not thin steel so you won't burn through.

Your vise build has the distinction of being the first one I've seen in which angle steel was used to encase the [for lack of a better name] "inner sliding square tube" that houses the lead screw. I'm aware of other builds in which four steel flats were placed around the inner sliding square tube (over shims), clamped and welded to do the same thing. Now that you've put the vise/workholder through its paces for a while, do you still feel that using the angle steel to "register" against radiused corners of the inner sliding square tube was the best way to go? I'm thinking that a workholder with a large capacity, as one clearly achieves with your design, will really come in handy; hence, the critical question about encasing the inner sliding tube steel. I've liked and subscribed, so please keep up the good work, mate! Cheers! 🙂

could you share the drawings and Measurements, please?

Alguien tiene los planos en PDF para poderlos hacer??

Passa as medidas das peças as escalas

I enjoy your projects. I like the craftmanship and the way you finish your welds and edges of the metal parts. A project always looks clean when the edges are chamfered and plumb, level and square. But what I don't like is the crying. If this was a job then I could see you complaining about how much grinding there was. This is your hobby and "There is no crying in hobby metalwork" I enjoy every minute that I am in my shop and it is not the pace to complain. If the project takes twice as long as anticipated then that is twice the minutes that I enjoyed in my shop.

Really well done! But, sorry, not Fireball Tool Style... You need at least 80 Tons of machinery to do anything Fireball Tool Style... ;)