Re: I "SNAG"ed A Couple Tool Boxes Yesterday

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v54fn9$39fft$1@dont-email.me...
On 6/20/2024 5:07 AM, Snag wrote:

   Just looking at it , The barrel being octagon I can put it in my mill vise with some padding . Using a wrench on the barrel is almost certainly going to damage the finish . A nice sized chunk of hickory with a couple of notches to engage the frame top and bottom straps might be stout enough to rotate the frame - or maybe not .

A mill vise will probably work, but I never have one mounted anywhere
other than a mill table.  I like the bench vise (very heavy steel bench)
for this sort of work because I have it on the corner where I can work
all the way around a part.
Someday when I have a layout and assembly table that doesn't suffer from
HSD (Horizontal Surface Disease) I may mount both a bench vise and a
mill vise on the table for different things.  A mill vise is better for
things like a hydraulic tapping arm if I ever decide I need one.
Bob La Londe
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Somewhere I saw a suggestion of a pipe vise bolted to a heavy timber for unscrewing things that required a lot of torque and custom machined jaw inserts.