Dargo
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- Joined
- Mar 6, 2004
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- S. IN
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- Jinma, Foton, TYM, Belarus, Yanmar, Branson, Montana, Mahindra and maybe some green and orange too.
I have several of their vises, been happy with them, haven't seen any body filler on them but so what? They are a vise, I'm gonna be pounding on stuff, yanking on them, sawing on them etc. so I don't care. Not exactly meant to be a precision instrument. If they tighten down and hold, which they do, thats all I need, not gonna spend time gazing at them.:laughing:
The hose clamps indeed are worse than worthless, wouldn't count on them for anything. I learned years ago to only buy SS good quality hose clamps. Seems often when I need one it is in a difficult spot and I don't want to be redoing it later.:thumbsup:
I wouldn't touch a Horrible Freight vice! I bought their biggest one to use in my 2nd barn so I didn't have to walk to my front barn every time I needed a vice. I was fabricating a bracket and needed to bend some 3/16" X 1" flat stock at a 90 degree angle. Just like I've done hundreds of times with my old vice in my front barn, I bent it over by hand and proceeded to smack the angle flat and sharp with a small 3 pound hammer. Much to my surprise, on about the 3rd whack the vice literally broke in half!! Looking where it broke I could see that it literally was only made of pot metal. That metal isn't good for anything more than counter weight material; definitely not in a vice!