Groz Vise

[walnotr]

Does anyone have any experience with the GROZ Angle Vise? Also does anyone know who the distributor is in the US?

 

[Blogwitch]

I use the 3" version of it on my surface grinder mainly, for grinding up my lathe tools. But I have used it at times on my mill and it seems rigid enough for the size and odd occasional use on there.

I must have had mine for about 10 years and have had no problems with it. Shame it didn't have a vernier scale for the angles, but then it would have cost double the price.

The elliptical shaped foot causes me some problems trying to align it square to a known datum. But I suppose half an hours hacking on the mill will soon get a couple of straight and square side faces to it. Another one of those tuit jobs.

I wouldn't be tempted to use it as a main milling vice though, that requires a lot of low down rigidity, which this vice just doesn't have.

If used for when simply and quickly changing angles is required, as I do, then it is very good.

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[rake60]

I have no experience with Groz products.

I do know that Groz is an India based company that is more directed at the
wood working crafts. Their Angle Vise line is totally unknown to me.

Rick

 

[Stan]

Groz tools are distributed in Canada by Busy Bee and like a lot of imports the quality varies. I have some Groz products that are very good and some questionable. Last year I looked at their sets of machinist squares and pointed out to the salesman that they were neither straight or square.

 

[walnotr]

Thanks for the comments. I still haven't been able to come up with a US distributor. Anyone know where one could be purchased in the USA?

Thanks

Steve C.

 

[shred]

Thanks for the comments. I still haven't been able to come up with a US distributor. Anyone know where one could be purchased in the USA?

Thanks

Steve C.

I've seen Groz stuff at Woodcraft stores, but not seen the vise there.