Milling Vice Vertex or Arc

[Michael BriggsParticipant @michaelbriggs82422]

Vertex or Arc

[Michael BriggsParticipant @michaelbriggs82422]

Hello all,

I am looking to purchase a new vice for my milling machine, approximately 50mm jaw width. I initially favoured Vertex because I have bought several pieces of kit from them and have been happy all of them. Can anyone give me feedback regarding the Arceuro type 2 precision tool vice, it looks good but you can't beat end user experience..

Regards,

Michael

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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I have both a 100mm Vertex and a small ARC type 2.

Both are good and do their job as intended. The Vertex is not finished as well overall but is so on the areas that matter.

I think you will be happy with either. (that's not helpful at all now is it.?)

Nick

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

I Have a Arc type 2 and think it's great.

Regards..

David.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I'm still waiting for the 75mm version of Arc's no-lift milling vice. Come on Ketan, get your finger out!

Neil

[Michael BriggsParticipant @michaelbriggs82422]

Thank you all for the information, I will be ordering from Arc.

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

I look now and again but I want to see removable jaws with the usual 2 V's for bar that aren't too big.

Why ? Well it's easy to make soft jaws and mill them to requirements with steps rather than buying parallels but not so easy to get the V's spot on.

John

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[VicParticipant @vic]

Although they have their uses I'm not that fond of the screwless vices. I much prefer the old Abwood style vice but modern versions from the likes of Bison are very expensive. I bought a similar style 4" Soba ( Shoba) vice from Chronos and it's been very good. I have heard complaints about some Soba stuff but my vice is very nicely made and accurately ground by my reckoning. The best anyone can say is would I buy one again and I have to say yes, I would. Those Bison vices do look nice though …

[steamdaveParticipant @steamdave]

I bought a Warco DH-1 vice some time ago and am very pleased with its versatility.

Unfortunately, the price seems to have jumped considerably from when I got it.

Dave
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