Santa brought me a new Vice.

Yes we spell it this way in the UK. A 4" vice from vevor ( not sponsored I paid for it ) Lets check it out and put it together properly.

[lucianobellebono]

Bella la morsa che ti hanno regalato.
Grazie per gli auguri, si ho passato un buon Natale e ora contraccambio per un sereno anno nuovo a te e famiglia. Ciao

[RustyInventions-wzir]

Hi Ade.
Very nice vice. I have brought a vice a while ago like this. He he. Thought I would have a milling machine by now. Just got it stored away for now.
Very nice indeed

[jonsworkshop]

Hope you had a good Christmas Ade, and HNY for 24. When you decide which type of boat you are going to build, let us all know 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[frankjames]

HNY Ade...
The very vice I bought not so long ago... For the price I thought it was excellent!
The jaws pull together very well...

Frank...

[chrisbaker]

I had exactly the same vice for Christmas 🎉🎉 and a set of carbide milling tools. My vice had exactly the same movement in the jaws and short bolts.
But all in all it looks like great value for money.

[glennwright]

I think I have the same vice but painted black.
I found the stationary jaw was lifting as I tightened the vice. I replaced the bolts with significantly larger and that minimized the lift.
I also found the hardened jaws were not flat, and there was a dip around the holes for the mounting bolts.
When I checked the base for flatness there was twist. Scraped the base. Lapped the jaws on a diamond sharpening stone.
Better, not perfect. Knowing the deficiencies now is annoying. But I guess it is value for the $

[albertfuller]

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from Saskatchewan Canada.

[steveperry]

Hi Ade, great vid, keep em coming me old. I got the 5” vevor vice for my WM16B and stripped it down after watching your review of the 4”. I found that along with all the sharp edges the lead screw oil hole wasn’t drilled through the brass bush, so no point having an oiler at all! Remedied by removing the brass bush and knocking the oiler down and out, then spotting through into the re-installed bush and drilling the bush to let oil flow through it! Might be worth checking yours if it has a brass bush!
Cheers
Steve

[michaellinahan]

Ade, I have had the 5" version of this on the milling machine for jut over a year and have found it reliable and with a couple of modifications it has made a good replacement for my old milling vise. Apart from taking off the razor sharp edges I added a brass split collar on the lead screw as I didn't like how the supplied one was just driven onto the threads and then, after machining the inside of the front through hole, I added thrust bearings to make the operation a lot smoother and increasing the clamping pressure. I have not used the swivel base and mounted it straight onto the mill table but did use the hole in the bottom to have a pivot point mounted to the T slot on the mill bed. One of the drawbacks is that with the location of the mounting lugs the vice has to be mounted a long way forward with a big overhang on the front so that I can fully use the cutting depth.

[bostedtap]

Hi Ade,
Hope you, and your family had a good Christmas, and may I wish you all a safe 2024.
As many have commented, quality per unit cost is unbeatable, a bit of fettling, and eminently for for purpose; possibly the top end brands will perform better, or should do on constant use?

I bought a second hand import of eBay ten plus years ago for similar money, it was abysmal, SHCS were sheared off and glued in, keeper plates used double spring locking washers to provide compliance. 10 to 15 hours was needed to make it usable, moan over.
Great review and modifications Ade, thanks for sharing.
Regards John from the Black Country UK

[matspatpc]

Nice. I bought a similar one (without the mounting holes, ears or whatever you wanna call it, but with grooves, similar to your grinding vice). Same experience with "edges are a bit rough", but otherwise works fine, and no issues. I of course, had to make my own mounting hardware, since it didn't come with any way to clamp it with just T-nuts. I've had mine for a couple of years - and a week or so ago I was wondering why my drill wasn't all the way through yet, only ti discover that I had half a hole in the side of the vice. Not pleased at all with that, but still works OK.

I think it came out of the same factory, but sold via a different company in the UK, those that have a part-circle and some currency used in the EU, and barter in the name (you know who I mean, think - I don't want to directly name names here). I think I got it from Santa as well, except I think I also paid the company selling it tp give it to Santa... ;)

[eyuptony]

Good thorough review Ade. All the best for 2024. Cheers Tony

[howder]

Too bad they didn't send you a freebee, that was a very nice evaluation of the product that will more than likely sell a barge-fuel of these vises. I got a similar one several years ago and it's been great for home work. Anyhow, have a nice new year Ade and best wishes for 2024!

[badjuju]

Nice. I have a pair of 5" vices I matched dimensionally (will not do that ever again) and a 6".
Great price and not awful for the home workshop.
The 6" was very good for flat, square and twist, the 5" took work.
All needed extensive cleaning and deburring. the black shmoo of the "grease" was cleaned out and replaced as were the thrust bearings on the 6" vise.
The 5" vices were ok in the thrust bearings.
I think you may struggle to drill on the mill with the loss of Z travel by the extra hight of the vice. Thankfully I have a knee mill with 540mm of Z travel and still I might have to use one of the 5" vices. and collets instead of the drill chuck.

Thanks for All your time to provide videos for another year.

[josephlovell]

Not bad I have the 3 inch and the 6 inch. And they both do a fine job. If I need it better I go to the surface grinder.

[ginner]

Happy new year Ade, looking forward to some of your new projects. Best wishes, Mal.

[nobbysworkshop]

A nice gift from your wife Ade. These are excellent vices for the money. A Kurt copy, but at a 10th of the price. Strangely enough my wife got me one for Christmas two years ago. I have the 3" version, as I have a much smaller mill than yours. I also have the rotating base, but haven't used this yet. Happy New Year to you Ade. All the best from Nobby @nobbysworkshop

[lesmaybury]

Those manuals must be included for entertainent purposes. Good way to finish the video, with a grin. 😂.
I put T slot keys on my milling vice. They are great but, I cut my own slots with the vice upsidedown on the miling table clamped to a length of gauge plate in a T slot. This way I know the jaws are right to the machine. When I checked it by tramming the vice was spot on.
It took a bit of setting up to get the bottom of the vice flat to the table but worth it.
When bolting the vice on the table it has proved accurate and repeatable😮.

[neffk]

I have a few of these vises. Pretty good kit but needed some work. Needs some deburring and the bottom would better be scraped flat. Clever of you to use the mill in place of a surface plate.

[carlwilson]

Good honest review. Happy New Year for when it arrives!