Best Shop Vice?

[MinnesotaEric]

I could have sworn there is a lengthy best vice thread on TBN somewhere but I couldn't find it in a search. Anyway, I wanted to throw down with a video of KenTool's KT4800 8" reversible vice which is only two-third's the price of the Wilton's 8" revisable vice and (since a friend of mine has the Wilton) seems very comparable in build quality.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Vice = immoral or wicked behavior

you might do your search again using vise.

as far as a shop vise.... It really all depends on how you will be using it

size.
Strength
jaw type
mount etc...

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The old Wiltons will easily take a lot of hammering, will the Ken Tool?

I have vises to USE, so they get hammered and torqued in every direction and a Wilton will take it without a whimper!

Anything less than that, and I don't want it at any price!

SR

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Vice = immoral or wicked behavior

you might do your search again using vise.

as far as a shop vise.... It really all depends on how you will be using it

size.
Strength
jaw type
mount etc...

That's figging' awesome. Thanks for the heads up. LOL

Corrected.

 

[Spanky100]

What are the prices for the KenTool's KT4800 8" reversible vice and the Wilton 8" revisable vice. Where would one go to get the best price.

I ask as I need a good larger vise.

Thanks

 

[Doughknob]

"Seems"? one can look up the "real" Wilton vises at least and see that they are made of a high-strength cast iron. Some refer to it as "nodular" iron. Thus the reputation as others have mentioned of being able to take a beating.

I did not look at the wilton site but would guess they, like most manufacturers, now have a cheapo line that is not as strong as their good stuff. A "real" Wilton can still be had new but costs WAY more than that kentool thing.

As a side story - i do have a Kentool tire spoon. After some use i thougt it was a good thing. But then on a larger tire, i actually bent the spoon!!! Just using my hands to push/pull on it! I have, since, not been impressed with kentool. My Horrible Freight spoon, while less functional because of its strange shape, has yet to bend........

 

[5030]

Any vice so long as it's forged steel and not cast iron works. Even if it's Chineseum

 

[bcp]

I could have sworn there is a lengthy best vice thread on TBN somewhere but I couldn't find it in a search. Anyway, I wanted to throw down with a video of KenTool's KT4800 8" reversible vice which is only two-third's the price of the Wilton's 8" revisable vice and (since a friend of mine has the Wilton) seems very comparable in build quality.

4 minutes to get it out of the box
3 minutes talking, with distant views of the vise
4 minutes drilling and threading holes in his table to mount the vise
2 minutes rotating the vise.

Never reversed it.



Bruce

 

[Thomas]

I have 2 8" Wilton both seen lot of abuse over the years.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

I could have sworn there is a lengthy best vice thread on TBN somewhere but I couldn't find it in a search. Anyway, I wanted to throw down with a video of KenTool's KT4800 8" reversible vice which is only two-third's the price of the Wilton's 8" revisable vice and (since a friend of mine has the Wilton) seems very comparable in build quality.

There are always a good selection of older well made Vises on FB Marketplace and generally of a much higher quality then the Chinese castings out there.