dave in fairfax wrote:

It is a patternmakers vise, with a 15 deg
: tilt as I remember.

Which is not as much tilt as a real paternmaker's vise, like the
Emmert or the clones sold by either Woodcraft or Lee valley.

I checked out the Wilton today, and was put off by the heavily greased bar
that the vise moves in and out on -- seems like it would gunk up the
workpiece.

-- Andy Barss