I can't advise you about a machinists vice, but this reminds me of how my
big mouth gets me into trouble. Several years when I couldn't afford decent
tools I was having trouble doing something in a cheap, mangled Sears 4"
vice. In frustration I grumbled to my wife that I was going to get the
biggest vice made. At Christmas, several months later, I went to open a
rather large present and discovered I couldn't move the box that my son had
surreptitiously slid over next to me. Sure enough, when I opened it there
was a 12" bench vice that felt like it weighed a ton. Having long forgotten
my previous grumble, I said , in amazement, what's this? My wife said she
had gone to Home Depot and asked for the biggest vice they had. The salesman
tried to talk her out of it, but she knew what I'd said and she can be
determined. Of course, I took it back and got a nice 6" vice that has served
me well. It has been my most memorable Christmas present and we still
chuckle about it from time to time. And yes, I'm a slow learner, I still
can't keep my big mouth shut.
Cheers
Brian
-- Email kennedybc@comcast.net
> From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
> Organization: Barely enough
> Reply-To: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 18:25:43 -0600
> To: Larry_Spector@NAI.com
> Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Wilton machinists vise?
>
>
> Larry_Spector@NAI.com wrote:
>>
>> I've been looking for a new vise, and found a "4" SWIVEL WILTON MACHINIST
>> VISE" on sale for $280 + $14.95 shipping at Enco. Does this sound like a
>> decent deal? Is it overkill for a home shop?
>
> Probably too much for general use. Typically, a machinist's vise is meant to
> be used for machining--the faces are generally trued by grinding, the ways are
> machined to prevent the outside jaw from
> kicking up and disturbing the seating of the part for machining. The swivel
> function is probably degreed for some angular accuracy, and probably requires
> clinch nuts rather than simple locking arms to
> get enough rigidity.
>
> If you're looking for something to mount of the corner of a bench, this
> probably isn't it. I'm sure you can find something to suit your purposes for
> less.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM
> [mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
>
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.
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