I'm looking for a good very accurate long lasting 4" or 5" machine vise in the budget range of $300. Does any body have recommended vise's. Thanks Mont
I'm also interested in this. I have a 3" inexpensive tilt vise that cannot be called accurate or long lasting, and the clamping pressure is not great. It sits pretty high, so I'm looking for something lower profile, more accurate, and with wider jaws for milling. What has been your experience?
I'm looking for a good very accurate long lasting 4" or 5" machine vise in the budget range of $300. Does any body have recommended vise's. Thanks Mont
I have a 6" shars vise at work and like it well enough. At home I have an old 5" kurt that I fixed up. I would go and find a used kurt with your $300. You would do ok with the shars as well.
I sure like the Glacier vise's, would you go for the 4" premium for $599 or the 4" standard for $349 or the 5" standard for $379.
I torn the 4" premium can clap laying on its side and open's to 5". I also wonder if the 5" standard is to large for my g0704.
One great thing Glacier said they take PayPal, that make paying easy for me
They very well may be from the foundry as the ebay vises.
But tormach puts their name on them, stands behind them, and sells some useful jaws for them. The also probably do some quality control, like Shars and their rejects get sold by someone else.
I have 2, 5" tormach vises and 1, 4" vise purchased from little machine shop. My experiences with Kurt and Orange vises was limited and previous to owning the Tormachs, but I do not feel limited with the Tormach vises.
Bought this HFS 5" milling vise. Its not bad so far. Looks like an exact copy of what Grizzly sells..probably the exact same thing.
Took a bunch of cleanup, but it isnt terrible. Was going to upgrade to a Kurt recently but I see they discontinued the 5" so I will stick with this one.
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