Anyone have an in floor receiver?

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I posted a few days ago about a slide out table to put a vise and drill press and such on, and after some of the comments, I'm rethinking that. Now I'm leaning towards a removable pedestal. I'm thinking about knocking a hole in my garage floor and burying/bolting a 2" receiver to the floor. Then I can make a pedestal with a plate on it that I can mount a vice to. I'm wondering how long of a receiver piece I will need to make it solid. I'm doing all this to try to save floor space when not in use.Did I mention that not having enough room for all your toys/tools SUCKS! Attached Images
Reply:A guy on one of the other sites I'm on has a good portion of his shop floor full of "gozintas". A bunch of 2"x2" ID tubes that are all set in the concrete floor of his shop when it was poured. That allows him to move locations of a lot of his fixed tooling, benders, pedestal grinders etc. He has a bunch of cover plates made up to fill the unused holes to keep debris out etc. 6-8" down in concrete will usually give you enough resistance for most things where you aren't going to apply massive amounts of torque and leverage to them. I'd core drill oversize and insert the tube flush with the floor and grout with hydraulic cement myself. A plate on top like you show tapcon'd to the floor would also work well after grouting and give you some extra support.For "temporary"stuff, I like to bolt things down to the concrete floor with drop in female anchors. These allow you to bolt down a flat base and remove them easily, leaving the anchors in the floor for later use. Tools also stand easier when not in use on the flat base plate. I fill the holes when not in use with Allen bolts or bolts that I cut off the head and ground a flat slot for a large flat bladed screw driver. I run these in flush with the floor and that stops dirt and crud from filling the holes when not in use. The old shop I used to work in years ago, we had two different base patterns set up and all the "portable " tools were set up to use them, so all the bolt holes for securing would always line up..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:I like the idea of core drilling, that way its flush with the floor. That's way you don't have to worry about tripping on the edge of the plate, or it being an issue trying to roll something around.Lincoln Pro Mig 180Lincoln Pro Core 125Hypertherm 30xpPorter Cable Drill PressAcra 7x12 bandsaw48" sheet metal brakeCrap load of other tools, working on metal now.
Reply:Originally Posted by KMcCurdyI like the idea of core drilling, that way its flush with the floor. That's way you don't have to worry about tripping on the edge of the plate, or it being an issue trying to roll something around.
Reply:Originally Posted by Ron_JI posted a few days ago about a slide out table to put a vise and drill press and such on, and after some of the comments, I'm rethinking that. Now I'm leaning towards a removable pedestal. I'm thinking about knocking a hole in my garage floor and burying/bolting a 2" receiver to the floor. Then I can make a pedestal with a plate on it that I can mount a vice to. I'm wondering how long of a receiver piece I will need to make it solid. I'm doing all this to try to save floor space when not in use.Did I mention that not having enough room for all your toys/tools SUCKS!
Reply:I have two in a shop that my friend and I have. In a 20x30 shop I have one at 10' and one at 20' in the center but staggered a little. Came in real handy when pulling the power hammer. lathe and mill into the shop. Mine were put in before the slab was poured but they have been used many times and the shop was just built in September.As for storing unused items I plan on making a rack on wheels with several 2" tubing in it to put the tools on. Trade them out as needed or put them all away.Works good for a vise stand or a bender stand.They fill up with dirt but a little blast of air takes care of that.Mine are flush with the finished floor. I welded scrap steel to the bottom of it so that there was more gripping material to prevent twisting and becoming loose over time.I recommend it.
Reply:Thanks guys...I like the idea of the plate on the bottom so everything is flush.
Reply:Hey Ron. Here' pics of mine set in the apron in front of my shop.  ( I have two similar configurations with swivel clevices for tie down/pull points INSIDE the shop)Terry Attached Images
Reply:My weekend project....