"Tom Ivar Helbekkmo" wrote in message
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I wrote:

I'll be buying a Taig Super X2 mini-mill from him next week.

It arrived today. It's beautiful! Now I'm wishing my mini-lathe
had such a gorgeous motor and controller. Oh, well...

It came with this rather good-looking vise:

http://www.sieg-scandinavia.com/shop...80mm-359p.html

I'm wondering, seeing the size of the thing, whether I might want a
smaller, simpler vise to go with it? Something like a cute little Kurt
vise, or even a screwless vise from, say, Little Machine Shop:

http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...ProductID=3763


Congratulations!

Heed Jim Wilkins' previous posts:

1) Take the Sieg vise off the swivel base - you will gain rigidity, Z-axis
space and some space on the table. On mine the holes were smaller than the
mounting slots on the swivel base. It took me a while to overcome this but
then I am slow...
2) The LMS vise is the same size - 80 mm. What would you gain by getting it
instead? Furthermore, Jim explained why this is a bad choice. I had a look
at the smaller version in my local shop and I agree with him. It could be a
right PITA to operate.

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Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC