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Posted: 3/6/2012 10:42:56 AM EDT
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I've never assembled my own upper. I've seen plenty if vids, and the process itself doesn't seem that hard. But I also notice everyone uses a vice hooked to a solid workbench.
Anyone have any tips or tricks for those who don't have a vice/workbench? (Ah, apartment life) Am I screwed? (I guess I could always mount a vice to my balcony railing on my porch.  )
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There is a thread that was started recently where someone asked the same question. I tried to find it, but no luck.
Anyways ... someone said you can attach a vice to a piece of plywood and do the work just about anywhere. On the floor, on the kitchen table, counter top, etc... One guy in that thread attached his vice to a piece of steel which slid into the hitch on his pickup truck. |
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Thanks for the info, fellas.
So I realized that under a mega-ton of my girlfriend's clothes...............we have a very heavy, old dresser in our walk-in closet and it's filled with random stuff we don't really use. I think I'm going to pick up a vice and mount it up!  It's a tad shorter than I'd like for a workbench, but I won't be using too often to care, I doubt.
It's surely heavy enough to deal with whatever torquing will be involved in assembling an upper, and it's old, so the wood is fairly solid. I think it will work. |
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