Some things that Axminster sell are remarkably good value for money, that however doesn't look like one of them. To me it looks as if they've bought a thousand of them for a tenner each and are now ready to maximise profits.

There you go…. Just my thoughts

Regards.

David.

The concept looks good; but its usefulness [and thereby, Value for Money] will depend on its accuracy and build-quality … Frankly; I am not encouraged by the photo, and am a little concerned by the fact that the one-and-only Customer Review dates back to 2009.

I don't need one; but if I did, I would need to see it 'in the flesh' before spending £146

MichaelG.

Arceurotrade used to list a similar vice but seem to have dropped it in catalogue 7, they listed it at £56 in cat 6 which was 2009.

Mike

Never liked any vice with the swivel on the base as it lifts the vice up closer to the head and reduces clearance , i use a toolmakers type vice on my small mill and a vertex copy of a Kurt vice on my big mill .

You can get toolmakers vices down to 1 inch capacity so finding a size for your machine should not be a problem .

Ian.

Have you seen the alternatives to a vice on Harold Hall's website?

I was just about to post but read Ketan's comment.

Yes, I bought an 80mm one from Arc and the back jaw dropped off, after several years, in exactly that spot. I never used anything other than hand pressure on the lever. It started getting harder and harder to tighten then one day went ping so I think it was a gradual failure. Four M6 hex-head screws into the back across the fracture rescued it. I wasn't 100% happy how well the two surfaces went together, so some later I milled the mating surfaces flat, it kept going and I used it for several years before buying a new vice.

It's now fixed to my shaper.

This is 'the invisible mending':

The sharp-0eyed will see mine has the swivel base removed and the slots broken out

Neil