the Wilton I got has a metal cover over the screw. I wiped the oil off
when I installed the vise. kinda like when you get a new table saw or
jointer and have to clean the tables of cosmoline.

what model Wilton did you look at? this one mounts under the bench and
is designated a 7" woodworker's vise. It has a removable pivoting plate.

dave

Andrew Barss wrote:

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