My wifes uncle and I built this today. I asked my tire dealer if he had an old rim I could buy and he gave me this 16" split rim. I went to the junk dealer in town and for 10 dollars I got the metal you can see and a flat bar that runs along the bottom, form rim to rim, you can't see. Not pretty, but a nice stand alone vise stand for 10 bucks.
I still need to get the bolts to attach it to the plate at the top, but basically complete.
This weekend we will build the all steel table for my first lathe. It will go in the corner, in the picture, behind the vise. I will add pictures when it is ready. It has to be built in a way that will allow it to go down in pieces becuase of the small door at the bottom of the stairs.
Then I can get started and learn how to use my lathe with milling machine attachement to alter/make a mould.