New mill vice which one

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

I got around to fitting the Arc eurotrade vice. For anyone thinking of going down the chinese made route then maybe you might get some idea of how good i think it is & any problems encountered. The video below is a 2 part affair. If time is valuable then do not watch. They are both quite long.

Arc eurotrade sg iron 100mm machine vice.

Steve

Edited By JasonB on 27/03/2021 06:56:50

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Steve, have a look for how I milled the dowel blocks part way down this page so that they are lined up with the jaws

Edited By JasonB on 27/03/2021 07:37:53

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by JasonB on 27/03/2021 07:28:56:

Steve, have a look for how I milled the dowel blocks part way down this page so that they are lined up with the jaws

Edited By JasonB on 27/03/2021 07:37:53

Yes Jason, that would have been the best way to do it. Thanks.

Steve.

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

That 100mm vise is about as big as you would want on the TS bed. Having an infinitely adjustable position for clamping means there is no loss of Y axis movement, and the double clamping is a bonus. The flat column on the TS makes it easy to use a mag base with an indicator to get the vise aligned. I would rough align it first with a tri square before fitting the clamps on one side.

[Ketan SwaliParticipant @ketanswali79440]

Hi Stevie,

Thank you for posting the videos. Was pleasantly surprised

The late John Stevenson would have been happy to see your response to the vice. What you see with the ARC offering is thanks to his input during factory visit, many moons ago… e.g. the button segment, and the harder wearing ways. These two elements are changes he implemented before we added these vices to our range, and in this respect, these are different to the common clones available in the market place.

Since his visit to the factory, it has grown into a far bigger and more automated operation, which I know he would have enjoyed to see if he was still around.

During the video you mentioned my name and you weren't sure if I am the owner of ARC. The answer is, I am a Director of ARC, and my wife was also made a director a few years ago. U.K. law suggests that if there is only one Director and if he/she dies, technically, the business has to stop immediately and the bank can stop provision of services.

Even though I am the owner of ARC, our Ian Davidson runs the business now a days. 😊

Ketan at ARC

Edited By Ketan Swali on 27/03/2021 17:33:17

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by Ketan Swali on 27/03/2021 17:24:26:

Hi Stevie,

Thank you for posting the videos. Was pleasantly surprised

The late John Stevenson would have been happy to see your response to the vice. What you see with the ARC offering is thanks to his input during factory visit, many moons ago… e.g. the button segment, and the harder wearing ways. These two elements are changes he implemented before we added these vices to our range, and in this respect, these are different to the common clones available in the market place.

Since his visit to the factory, it has grown into a far bigger and more automated operation, which I know he would have enjoyed to see if he was still around.

During the video you mentioned my name and you weren't sure if I am the owner of ARC. The answer is, I am a Director of ARC, and my wife was also made a director a few years ago. U.K. law suggests that if there is only one Director and if he/she dies, technically, the business has to stop immediately and the bank can stop provision of services.

Even though I am the owner of ARC, our Ian Davidson runs the business now a days. 😊

Ketan at ARC

Edited By Ketan Swali on 27/03/2021 17:33:17

Thanks for that Ketan. I actually enjoyed doing the revue. I was also surprised at the quality for the price.

Steve.

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