On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:45:59 -0400, "Terry Keeley" tkee(no
wrote:

In the market for a 3" sine vise for my home shop, I tend to shy away from
the "asian" varieties but at about 1/2 the price I'm tempted...

When they quote square and parallel to 0.0002" can they be trusted?

Any other general comments?


I picked up a new Chinese one on eBay for less than half the price of
the ones that HF was selling 5 or 7 years ago. Looks good (no play,
closes with no visible gaps etc), though I've not attempted to verify
the accuracy yet. Can hardly buy a drill press vise at Home Depot for
that. Would it matter much to you if it was 0.0005" rather than
0.0002"?
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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