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No not those sort of vices. When I had finished building my new workshop I needed a vice. Machine Mart being local thats where I went. Being on a bit of a budget I bought the red one. Its all steel and advertsied as 'VERTUALLY UNBREAKABLE', it also has a swivel base and at £18.74 sounded like a bargain. Unfortunately they are not very good. The jaws phisically bend when you try to hold something on one side and it is impossible to lock the swivel tight enough to resist the vice being pulled round under the lightest pressure. Lucky for me Santa provided the funds for a decent replacement, the blue one is a Record 1 ton fixed base at £23.44 and is light years away from the other one which will be relegated to the welding bench. You can't beat a good lump of cast iron.
Cheers
No not those sort of vices. When I had finished building my new workshop I needed a vice. Machine Mart being local thats where I went. Being on a bit of a budget I bought the red one. Its all steel and advertsied as 'VERTUALLY UNBREAKABLE', it also has a swivel base and at £18.74 sounded like a bargain. Unfortunately they are not very good. The jaws phisically bend when you try to hold something on one side and it is impossible to lock the swivel tight enough to resist the vice being pulled round under the lightest pressure. Lucky for me Santa provided the funds for a decent replacement, the blue one is a Record 1 ton fixed base at £23.44 and is light years away from the other one which will be relegated to the welding bench. You can't beat a good lump of cast iron.
Cheers