Whoa!

yah.

I was hoping I'd inherit one or something. I did end up with a blacksmith's post vise... in some ways better. meanwhile I'm making do with a chinese swivel header like this:

which is very useable for not too much money.

Wilton or Milton? I'm not trying to correct you, but I get nothing searching Milton... not in 8" anyway. Lots of hits on Wilton though...

Yeah. Wilton. Stupid keyboard!

It might be there 200 years.

I've seen desks and workbenches from the 20's, still in use in phone co. buildings, railroad shops, municipal garages, and firehouses.

One of my local live-in firehouses, built in 1898, has a "duty desk" in the garage area that we believe came with the building. It's been measured by historians several times.

Columbian is there "made in who the hell knows were but it's cheap" line. The original heavy Wilton vises are much more expensive and much higher quality.

The one I saw had "MADE IN USA" in the casting. I don't think those fireboys use anything but American products.

Steve

If you want to drool, check out Yost Manufacturing, Holland, Michigan.

Try

Lew

Should read:

AngLock 10" $ 2500.00

Must be for goverment use...

catalog.

Hmm...how does a jaw opening of 10.0000 decimal inches correspond to 7

Chris

: Hmm...how does a jaw opening of 10.0000 decimal inches correspond to 7 : 1/2 inches?

I blame it on the French, who invented the accursed metric system.

-- Andy Barss

snipped-for-privacy@ts-aligner.com wrote: : Yep, for an 8" vise it seems pretty darn cheap to me too:

:

-- Andy Barss

The ability to open the jaws and use it in ten years and feel like you are doing it for the first time.

Steve

Hi Andy,

I think Kurt held the original patent for the "angle lock" mechanism. Now that the patent has expired, there are dozens of clones. Kurt still sets the standard for milling machine vises. There are some better but they are still based on the Kurt design.

I have a 6" Kurt and a bunch of 6" clones. The Kurt is definitely more accurate and operates much more smoothly. They all hold parts tightly, but the real key to a milling machine vise is its ability to hold parts in a very exact location. From part to part, the Kurt can repeat the location to within a few tenthousandths. The fixed jaw on the clones tends to flex a bit, so they can only repeat to within a few thousandths. The steel and cast iron on the Kurt is also much better and more accurately ground. The beds and jaws on the clones aren't nearly as flat.

The Kurt is worth it if you need the accuracy and reliability. M> Just out of curiosity, what makes this (or doesn't) worth the

Hi Chris,

The dimensions are pretty important. A milling machine vise is not just responsible for holding parts tightly. It also accurately locate the parts.

Looks like a typo. The MSC catalog has over half a milli>