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And the definitive answer is? There ain’t one! From the responses, looks like a mixed bag. Soooo, just get the base and call it a day. Can’t be a toolaholic and not have a swivel base!
A swivel vise is not necessary to make angled cuts. A vise is not necessary to hold work. Much work can be attached directly to the table. Think outside the vise box...
There should be no loss in rigidity with a swivel base; height MAY be an issue on benchtop mills, but not most others.
It all boils down to versatility. Sooner or later you will need one. Rigidity hasn't been a problem for me so it is on the mill
most of the time in case I need an angle cut. It's really handy for thin material circle cutting with a center pin. It's all in
the operations you do.
Jeff, it is not at all clear what you are specifically trying to do, so that makes it difficult to give specific suggestions.How do you cut with a center pin. I know in woodworking and a router. But not with a mill. Are you saying you move the material w/o it being locked down, or you clamp it in the vise, and use the centerpin on the swivel base as your center, and rotate the vise?
I was really curious about what cathead had said, not what I was doing. Clearly he has a way of doing something that I would like to learn about.Jeff, it is not at all clear what you are specifically trying to do, so that makes it difficult to give specific suggestions.
How do you cut with a center pin. I know in woodworking and a router. But not with a mill. Are you saying you move the material w/o it being locked down, or you clamp it in the vise, and use the centerpin on the swivel base as your center, and rotate the vise?