PhaseII Vise - this can't be normal, right?

Tom can you get a piece of square cast iron welding rod ! 8 mm is a common size, or at least it is here. You won't have to worry about it warping.
 
To catch up a bit, folks are asking about Kurt clone vises. I bought a 6" import with swivel from Enco (remember Enco?) a couple years ago for about $100 as I remember. It's a heavy beast. The vise has been exactly what you would want. Trams basically perfectly, within the resolution of a 0.001" dial indicator in all axes.
Jaws are removable, with all the options that a Kurt has, as far as I know, never owning a Kurt. The swivel base has not degraded accuracy, and occasionally really helps out. I'm satisfied.
 
Winegrower, I'm wondering which Chinesium vise Enco resold. Can you post some pictures? There are several out there in the $100-$150 range that (of course) look like they are good solid vises. But it may be a crapshoot as to how tight the tolerances are.
 
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