On 2007-11-15, Pete Keillor wrote:
I've got a 5" Wilton machinist's vise (heaviest bullet style),
Christmas gift. They're pricey as hell, but very stable, almost no
slop, lots of bearing surface for great rigidity. Plus there's lots
of soft jaw accessories. If you grab the movable jaw and shake it,
you can hardly detect any movement.

Thanks Pete. I will definitely try to get one that is coming up next
week on a local liquidation.

I've used the same model at work for 20 years, bought it after busting
my knuckles on a brutalized old vise that looked like it had been used
as a welding fixture. The only thing I've had to do to the Wilton was
lube it every decade or so.

Very nice. That's the kind of thing that I want.

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