On Mar 26, 2:01*pm, Ignoramus8104
wrote:
http://www.shars.com/products/view/5...k_Down_Precisi...

http://www.kurtworkholding.com/manua...1204-l-en.html

Has anyone ever compared them to see what is better about the Kurt
vise? I have a Shars vise and want to know what I am missing. THanks

i

I don't have the shars, copy, (I have 2 Kurt vises I got on enco sale
10 years ago), I got a bison brand (not the polish company) copy from
penntool. Reading the shars info they took words from kurts
documentation like 80,000 psi ductile iron body (shars 80,000 lbs of
ductile iron typo). What I'm not seeing directly in the kurt web site
is any mention of "Groove lock" a workstop system that is very handy.
They don't even show the machined groove in the back jaw that this
clamps into in any of the vise photos. This is patented by kurt.
Their Anglock patent must have timed out, as the shars vise and bison
copy are claiming this same feature.

I don't know that the workstop feature is worth $250 as there are
other methods of clamping a workstop to the bit of jaw that stands
above the vise body.

penntool link to kurt for $400
http://www.penntoolco.com/catalog/pr...ategoryID=2514

ignator