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Luke Stowell
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2024
The vise feels pretty good overall, smooth movements after a little adjusting. Knobs feel decent, paint seems to be pretty heavy duty. One major issue I found is a very obvious casting void that was apparent after the ways were machined. Luckily for me this vise will just be going on my drill press to be abused, but if you’re looking for something of quality i would look elsewhere. If things like this can make it through their QC process they just aren’t what they used to be. I’ve got an 30+ year old bullet vise that I love, but since Wilton switched to overseas I can’t say they are any better than the cheaper alternatives. Overall the vise will work for my application but not what should be expected from Wilton.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
I have spent 20 years buying products (including tools back in the day) from China for very large global companies. This is the type of low grade sloppyness that China used to be known for (which is why we used to buy from Tiawan). The screws are covered in dirt, fine metal dust and particles and is very poorly machined with lots of sharp edges. So be prepared to disassemble and try not to cut yourself. Clean everything the way the factory should have done. Knock off the sharp edges and loose pieces of metal left from bad machining and re-assemble with an appropriate lubricant. When you get done you have a very workable product. For this price and out of a modern well process managed and quality audited Chinese factory I should not have to do any of this. They are buying cheap, selling above the value point this demands and expecting the customer to fix the rest. Just a bit better than Harbor Freight out of the box. Wilton used to be decent - this is disappointing, they can do better.
Brett
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
Heavy duty with no complaints.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
Threaded rods were covered with contaminated shipping grease. Threaded inserts had burrs. Slide plates were over tightened. Required two hands to make it move. After cleaning and adjusting the movement was still not smooth.
Robert Otwell
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2021
I had the 4 inch and it broke do to over tightening. This one let's me get larger material in to more accurately drill the piece
TXLawman
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021
This product works great. Just what I needed for my drill press. I tried a cheaper Chinese brand before but it was nothing compared to this well made product. Quick and easy to set up, slides work great, strong clamping force. Highly recommend!
Me
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2020
Out of the box the cranks to move the x-y plane were terrible, ranging from stiff to very stiff. There was a lot of dirty oil also on the sliding surfaces that the sections run on. However, all it needed was to loosed the two allen bolts that clamp the handle close to the vice. Also I cleaned and lubed the flat surfaces, and its smooth as could be now, one hand can easily position the vice. The allen bolts were just set off in the factory to one side and making it rub on the inner threads. I'm leaving these allen bolts relatively loose now. HTH.
Black Beard
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016
Heavy vise,built well. I took it apart and did a good cleaning and it works very well. Don't try to make a milling machine out of a drill press though.
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