welding in a vise
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Bonehead
Skull Master
Why not ground clamp the work, and save the arc passing through the vise?
It will however work fine. Just like grounding vicegrips.
It will however work fine. Just like grounding vicegrips.
Bonehead
Skull Master
Ah, I do the artsy myself, I know how it is. Do you have smooth jaws in the vice? A steel table works good with swivel pad vice grips. So are you welding TIG then? How is that working for you?
Bonehead
Skull Master
shizzy
Well-known member
the last shop I worked in had all the vises set up like that. I never crawled under to see how it was connected. I assumed they hooked the ground to one of the mounting bolts underneath the bench. it sure was nice to be able to clamp something in any vice in the shop and grab the torch and zip away on it.
motomech
Mr. Willys
my bench vise is bolted to my welding table i then put my work in the vise and clamp my ground to the work bench seems to work fine to me
Bonehead
Skull Master
That's the way I had my welding truck set up years ago. The bed was grounded all the time, and vice was mounted on the bed.
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Dirty's Hot Rods
Guest
I use a vise welding almost everyday, no problems
