Hobby vise: This is a AMAZON item does anyone have it ?

[Canuck 2]

Hi Guys: This vise is listed for around $ 60.00 canadian...good value or junk?

 

[Y.T.]

This depends on how you plan to use it. If it is for painting a plastic tank as they show, may be it is a good tool. Quality of this item is also impossible to judge just by the picture. Did you read the reviews on Amazon? What do they say?

 

[Canuck 2]

This depends on how you plan to use it. If it is for painting a plastic tank as they show, may be it is a good tool. Quality of this item is also impossible to judge just by the picture. Did you read the reviews on Amazon? What do they say?

no reviews listed, Thanks

 

[Namabiiru]

Interesting that it has an integrated PE folder, but it seems a bit awkward and impractical to put that on the base of a vice. On the other hand, it you don’t plan to do much PE it doesn't look like it would adversely effect the vice.

 

[Rob444]

Looks like it is very small. I have this small vice that works very well for me.

https://www.amazon.com/Yost-V-275-Portable-Multi-Angle-Pivoting/dp/B00MX140FU/ref=sr_1_7?crid=39BWT4BY4RBXY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.afuJae9nESTScOZ-5M4W38d3ddYCwbVSU4FSH_ZMaeWibBPuXPnrKQfyRoH_k3Sh3UaIBPgerJnZzZuZG0kyCu9GTOy_MTP9eOGFvyJa3N6tMo_sy7i5nFwyTfCx5qDzQIiY8phDDFKNHXDHEWuPrZJz-0UWwxZNyJBn2lqb9eX3C39dzPedoMmwNBIZ2ZGBA8ofyh06-YQtwYZyPn_5UI8ePY1y_L5rnaHiZ3518kcd0nbld3_1x94ymRvhiOIL0IlUZiwWJQm_q9sMNnK9oQbYnlqVkKu_Sv7ghMIb6TQ.QLsVMnhTyp9_mzKe-nq3y8djNAyPAD9NON8G3elon04&dib_tag=se&keywords=small+table+vice+suction+hold&qid=1750382649&sprefix=small+table+vice+suction+hold%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-7

 

[Roger Pellett]

The four vises in my shop are all bench mounted and the benches are secured to the wall. To be useful a vise needs to hold stock firmly. The vise that I use daily is has smooth jaws and is all steel. The jaws are about 3” wide and open to about 2”. I bought it in 1965. It originally clamped to a table edge but I have removed the clamp and it is now securely bolted to a piece of steel angle screwed to the edge of my workbench.

I also have a vise that rotates on its base but seldom use it.

By my standards, the Amazon vise posted above is too flimsy for serious work.

Roger

 

[Namabiiru]

I guess it depends on what falls in the category of serious work. If it’s only being used as a third hand, it could be quite functional if the swivel stays securely locked in position. Much as I would live to have a heavy-duty vice bolted securely to a rock solid bench, my current shop doesn’t have the room for it. I need to be able to move my vice out of the way when I’m doing a job that doesn’t require a vice.

 

[Steef66]

 

[Steef66]

It is from a chinese modeltool maker, so you see a lot of it on Aliexpress. I believe @Jimsky uses something (ball vice) from that brand and he seems happy with it.

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[rtwpsom2]

I can't say anything about that vise because I've never used it, but I can say that I own and use this one quite often and highly recommend it.

 

[Namabiiru]

I had this cheap Proxxon clamp which was not stable enough to use with my X-Y table, but I was able to mount it to a machinist’s magnetic mount that I got used. The mount can be switch on and off so I can stick it to my steel desktop when I’m using it and then switch it off to move it out of the way. Pretty basic, but it’s become my go-to vice.