New Vice

New Vice

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1 March 2013 at 18:03 #113421
Boiler Bri
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I need to replace my 'chinease made' vice with a new one, has anyone bought one of these? If you have are they any good?

Vice on Ebay

Bri

Edited By David Clark 1 on 01/03/2013 18:19:58
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1 March 2013 at 18:03 #22495
Boiler Bri
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1 March 2013 at 18:19 #113424
David Clark 13
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Hi Brian

I would want to know what the inside of the vice between the jaws is.

Some of these cheap vices have a rough casting between the jaws or a bit of a rough gap so you can't put a parallel in it.

Also, the base loses you headroom but if you remove it, you can only use the vice at 90 degrees to the X axis.

That would be fine for most of the time but 10% of the time you may need the vice in line with the X axis and unless your Tee slots are the right distance apart you may not be able to clamp it down.

regards David
1 March 2013 at 18:37 #113426
John C
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Bri, whereabouts are you? RDG are advertised as being at the Manchester Modelling Exhibition in the Trafford Centre tomorrow – you could go and have a look.

John
1 March 2013 at 22:52 #113442
magpie
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If the RDG stand at the Manchester show is the same as last year, it will not be very big and only have a small amount of there stuff on it.

Cheers Derek.
2 March 2013 at 02:04 #113447
Chris Trice
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I’ve got one of the vices in the link and it’s very good (although prone to rusting), however I don’t use it on my milling machine as I prefer a similar one but without the swivelling base.
2 March 2013 at 06:55 #113450
Boiler Bri
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Thanks for the ad-vice. I am ok with height as i have a warco that the head can go up and down. It was the quality side of things that worried me. On the one that i have the moving part lifts a little when i clamp things in it. If i forget to tap the part level i end up with a taper cut.

No chance of Manchester, her who must be obeyed needs to visit a shop in colne tomorrow and the nearest i will get to anything like moddeling will be Howarth railway.

Cheers

Bri
2 March 2013 at 07:32 #113451
magpie
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Brian, the show is open on Sunday as well.

Cheers Derek.
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