Milling machine Vice

[T0rnado69]

they do come up on ebay from time to time.
just have to keep doing a search.
i had been looking for a good size one for a while.
and they seems to be in the £200 price range.
then i found one, one day for £35 in ipswitch.
needed some TLC, unused and was full of surface rust.
but ive taken it all apart. and ready to be sand blasted.
just hadnt got around to carrying on with it yet lol
other things get in the way....
just keep doing searches on ebay, gumtree, preloved. etc.

[magicniner]

For most small to medium size work that needs to be held in a vice I use a toolmakers vice of this style -

http://www.flexbar.com/shop/pc/catal...Image_0002.jpg

which pulls the moving jaw down and closed at the same time, mine is around 250mm long.

After messing around for some time with cheap new, then what I could find half-decent second hand I finally spent £120 on a new Vertex Toolmakers vice and dixcovered the difference that a good vice makes, for me money thrown at a good vice was money well spent,

- Nick

[mekanik]

http://www.linear-tools.com/tools/pr...ing-vices.html

[gavztheouch]

Bought a vertex anglock clone a few months ago. Seems quite good haven't really used it too much. Now I need some jaws for it too hold round stock so I can mill my moulds for the plastic injection machine. Rgb tools have some magnetic ones for about £10 delivered that might work.

[Vikash]

Vertex VA6?

I recently bought the 100mm version (VA4) for my Sieg X3. Seems like a good vice (Taiwanese, but probably still made in China). I've just finished stripping/cleaning/rebuilding it: http://vikash.info/vertex-va4-milling-vice/

[gavztheouch]

Vertex VA6?

I recently bought the 100mm version (VA4) for my Sieg X3. Seems like a good vice (Taiwanese, but probably still made in China). I've just finished stripping/cleaning/rebuilding it: http://vikash.info/vertex-va4-milling-vice/

Yes the Vertex VA6 is what I bought. Seems like a nice vice for the price. Shame the American stuff not cheapers over here some of the Kurt vices are actually not that pricey its just the UK distros charge twice the American price.

[T0rnado69]

heres a pic of that vice i got off ebay for £35.
remember its all been stripped down to be blasted and re painted.
here is the two main parts.