Worlds worse vice (maybe)

[dieselsamurai]

A few years back I needed a cheap vice for a vice stand I have as it was getting sacrilege to be welding and grinding on a Swindons vice so I found a cheap 6" vice on FB i think £20

mounted on this old bench pillar drill base with wheels on the front edge its quite handy



It never was smooth and the jaws were a really wierd design possibly made of chocolate as it was virtually new when i got it but never clamped anything very well



So it stripped it down and this it the quality of what I found

not a good start a bit off center



a trend that continues



plus sides not even the same thickness



moving jaw not machined very well



or the base...



worse inside some quality casting and god knows how they machined it inside but it must have been a dark room



Im going to fettle it a bit and try to get it to run smooth if I can as for some reason it never did ... but it will just get abused Id rather it died that something i actually cared about hitting or grinding into

 

[frank horton]

back street fabrication I guess.....man in a shed if he's lucky wearing flip flops, aided by his 5 years son.....lol

 

[Vono]

Sadly it's probably indicative of a lot of the vices you can buy new on-line & in tool shops nowadays.

I once looked at a brand new Clark vice many years ago in a shop & there was an obvious crack beneath the front jaw.

I'll stick to the old British stuff I think.