Show Us Your Favorite Vises

[CADplans]

I am going to change my bench vise tomorrow,, so I thought I would start a "Show It" thread,,

We do not want to see this type vice,,,

My preference is to use a milling vise for a bench vise,, the milling vise has much higher gripping power than the typical bench vise.

This is my current 10 inch wide vise,, I have used it for about a decade,,

I recently found the handle for this 7" mill vise with a rotating base.

This vise must weigh about 200 pounds,, it is kinda a cross between a vise,,, and an anvil,,, :laughing:

I REALLY need the rotating feature,,
The 10 inch vise I take off will probably get a receiver type mount on the welding table.

So, show us your favorite vise,, and detail how it is secured,,, :thumbsup:

 

[RNeumann]

I read the heading and was going to post a photo of booze and women!

My favorite is the Rigid Tri-stand. I also have a standard 6” vise mounted on an old big rig brake drum. Both are the same height if I’m doing something long.

 

[Big Barn]

Not the most used vise in my shop because of its size, (6” jaw/160 pounds) but my Made in USA Reed 4CA is pretty nice.



I have a few of them so can’t say for certain which is my favorite....

 

[RNeumann]

Not the most used vise in my shop because of its size, (6” jaw/160 pounds) but my Made in USA Reed 4CA is pretty nice.

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I have a few of them so can’t say for certain which is my favorite....

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Someone’s vise is vises....:

 

[bunyip]

Have a Dawn 6" somewhere that I need to mount, been here almost 17 years and it's still in a box somewhere.

 

[CADplans]

Have a Dawn 6" somewhere that I need to mount, been here almost 17 years and it's still in a box somewhere.

If you mount a 17 year old Dawn,, that sounds like a possible vice to me,,,

 

[Wagtail]

If you mount a 17 year old Dawn,, that sounds like a possible vice to me,,,

Dawn Wells or Dawn French? ... this is important!!!

 

[bunyip]

Not the latter...................
She is four times the woman my wife is.

 

[CADplans]

I lifted the 7 inch vise onto the workbench today,,,

The vise swivel was "kinda" full of chips,,
the vise had been upside down,, right before I lifted the vise onto the bench,,, :confused2:

 

[Xfaxman]

I use my press a lot as a vise:

Does anyone else have a vice on castors?

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