The Knight Of Light said:
You know you will need at least 3Ft-Lbs of torque no more than 65 right? I almost tipped my bench doing that. A plastic topped bench may not stand up to the riggors of AR15 armoring.
Hmmm..... If only AKpopo was around. He is a certified AR15/M16 Armorer.
what type of bench do you have and how much does it weigh? I'm not 100% set on this for a bench right now.. it's just one of the ideas I'm throwing around.
hmm.. I just came up with another idea. I can't afford an expensive table, an expensive vise.. not right now. I really only need the table for cleaning... I have another idea of how I could be able to use a vise. Granted.. it's not the best or easiest way.. but remember, I can't have pemanent and I can't have big and bulky right now for how things are for me at the moment. I need something that can be taken down easily and moved.. because I don't see us being at this apartment for a whole lot longer, and I don't see us having a house anytime soon.
What about making basically a very low tabletop type thing that can just be sat on the ground when you need to use it? maybe a few 2x12's held together by 2x4's on the end.. that way all your force is being directly transferred into the floor, and not into potentially tipping a lighter table over. I don't need to use it very long to be able to tighten a barrel nut down. For that matter, the dang thing can be made so it has room for me to stand on the boards to keep it from coming up. all you really need to be able to do is tighten that barrel nut down, tighten the quad rail nut up.. and you're done.
and yes.. I know this sounds ghetto lol. I don't have many options at the moment. I really wish I could have a good sturdy work bench... I can't tell you how much I miss living in the same city as my parents now.. my dad has just about every tool you can imagine and he has a huge work bench. I've grown up using that stuff lots, and now I have none! it's horrible!
I just figure if I did make something like that, as long as it's small enough to fit on the table.. big enough for the weight of either my feet or knees to be on it.. straddling over it or whatever..vise mounted in the center.. it's low to the ground so it won't flip. it should work.. it will do what I need, at least I think. and when I'm done I can just set it back up on the table.