sea2summit
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Six pages and no mention of snap-on?
Good Bench Vise Recommendations
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LD1
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Had a snap on vise at a previous employer. Looked just like the bullet style Wilton's.
I would never buy on. At least new that is. I don't like paying a premium for a name and nothing more
I would never buy on. At least new that is. I don't like paying a premium for a name and nothing more
Scooby074
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FYI Wilton is in their 75 anniversary year and is offering a vise promotion packages, including a Tradesman with one of the BASH hammers. . http://www.wiltontools.com/us/en/75th-anniversary/
Varying prices on the net, but this place is offering it for $335 which seems like a good deal.
Varying prices on the net, but this place is offering it for $335 which seems like a good deal.
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In 1990 I bought a Wilton Tradesman for my service truck... it had to have pipe jaws and a small anvil.
I do use it regularly and in a pinch for threading pipe to make emergency repairs.
No complaints.... it is the only new vise I have ever bought.
Step Grandfather bought the Ridgid vise as a family present when I was around 13... he was over and needed to do something and found the vise Mom got with trading stamps lacking...
Both my brother's had vises laying on the garage floor that they had been given... first order of business was to at least carriage bolt them to the bench...
A lot of my friends have vises that are not bolted... can't fathom why they never got around to it.
I do use it regularly and in a pinch for threading pipe to make emergency repairs.
No complaints.... it is the only new vise I have ever bought.
Step Grandfather bought the Ridgid vise as a family present when I was around 13... he was over and needed to do something and found the vise Mom got with trading stamps lacking...
Both my brother's had vises laying on the garage floor that they had been given... first order of business was to at least carriage bolt them to the bench...
A lot of my friends have vises that are not bolted... can't fathom why they never got around to it.
Jim Timber
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The anvil on the back of the vise is not there to be used, it's there to sell more vises. If you have to beat on something that's not in the jaws, use a real anvil or find something which isn't made of ductile iron and at it's weakest cross section like the little flat part of a bench vise.
bigtiller
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I bought this 8" wilton from northern tool in 2010. I have been ruff with it on occasion, enough that the 3x6 bench it is bolted to was moving, and it is still as good as new.
30,000 psi ductile iron
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200096474_200096474
30,000 psi ductile iron
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200096474_200096474
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Don't know about your addition, but it is clear that one of your vices is vises.
farmer2009
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Have a NO. 224 1/2 R made by Reed. 4 1/2" jaw. 11" opening. Real handy.
My grandfather gave me a metal work bench he had setting out back he didn't need that his son (my uncle) gave him. A couple months later my uncle came looking for the bench. Knowing it was sitting outside unused. Finding out he had given it to me and I was using it inside he went back to his shop and built a new bench. He owns a machine and welding shop. Had this vise sitting there that he picked up at an auction. Asked my grandfather if I had a vise. When the answer was no he sent it to me. I asked what he was going to put on the new bench. He said new bench gets new vise. This vise was for the bench you have. So that's where I want it. Thanks.
Took some modifications as it was an open slat parts hanger. I added some 3/4" steel between the slats and positioned it to fit the vise. Then covered it with a 10ga top. I have moved the bench with cheater bars trying to loosen something clamped in the vise. It's all one person can do to slide this bench on a concrete floor. Had to sit it in here with the tractor.
My grandfather gave me a metal work bench he had setting out back he didn't need that his son (my uncle) gave him. A couple months later my uncle came looking for the bench. Knowing it was sitting outside unused. Finding out he had given it to me and I was using it inside he went back to his shop and built a new bench. He owns a machine and welding shop. Had this vise sitting there that he picked up at an auction. Asked my grandfather if I had a vise. When the answer was no he sent it to me. I asked what he was going to put on the new bench. He said new bench gets new vise. This vise was for the bench you have. So that's where I want it. Thanks.
Took some modifications as it was an open slat parts hanger. I added some 3/4" steel between the slats and positioned it to fit the vise. Then covered it with a 10ga top. I have moved the bench with cheater bars trying to loosen something clamped in the vise. It's all one person can do to slide this bench on a concrete floor. Had to sit it in here with the tractor.
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Nice uncle you got there farmer2009.
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