decent 5″ milling vice

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

When i bought my tom senior universal i also bought an abwood 4" milling vice. The abwood is a little bit small for some of the jobs i have been doing and it doesn't open very wide.

Can anyone recommend a decent 5" milling vice that won't cost the earth ? i have been offered used 6" vices but they are far too big for my little machine.

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Hi Ronan,

RDG have Vertex vices in several sizes. My experience with Vertex is good, reasonable price an Ok quality. Arc have "screwless vices" in several sizes.

Thor

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

Thanks for the replies, i had considered the vertex ones, didn't know what to expect quality wise though. Might give one a go.

[Scottmk1Participant @scottmk1]

I recently got one of Arc Euro Trades screwless vices, it is excellent value for money. Its well made and works very well.

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

Hmmmm, those screwless vices look interesting. How do they measure up for squareness, jaw parallelism, quality of machining etc ? Not expecting high end swiss engineering for that money, but i don't want to settle for junk either.

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Hi Ronan,

I have a Vertex screwless vice, it is hardened and ground to close tolerances (+/- 0.005mm). It comes in a plastic box with an allen key (hex key). I had to make clamps to clamp the vice to the milling table, LMS has a drawing and description of how to make them. Where I live a screwless vice is less expensive than a Kurt clone and I am very pleased with mine. As said above, "excellent value for money".

Thor

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