Milling Vise 4 Inch with Swivel Base

This is not a true milling vise but works fine on a drill press or workbench. For the money, it is a decent vise and is suitable for most jobs around the shop If you are getting into machining and looking for an actual milling vise, this is not what you need. I have no problem with the quality of the vise, just the description as a milling vise. All in all, it is a pretty decent vise and worth the money unless you are looking for the precision of an actual milling vise. I am happy with my purchase.

I ordered this vice(5") thinking it would be good enough for my needs . but I'm quite impressed with it really I've taken some measurements of it on the mill and its nice and square . the only reason i'm not giving it 5 stars is because like other have reported ,it does have a lot of sharp edges.. I spent maybe an hour on it taking the edges off so as not to cut my hands while handling the vice . but it does close nice and the sliding end of the vice is nice and tight and clamps up square ..the graduations on the swivel base are accurate and well embossed .. I would buy again ..

To get the negatives out, the only ones are that on of the washers needed for it was missing (1 of 4) and some of the corners are quite sharpThat being said this is a solid purchase. There’s no slop in the jaw, solid cast iron handle for it and on contrary to what some reviews said, the T bolts that came with it fit perfectly for my mill based on what I needed for it. 10/10. The pricing is great too considering something similar from SHARS is 600 bucks or more.

I did a lot of research and looking around before I settled on this particular vise. I put a lot of credit into the reviews that others wrote about their experience with all the vises that I looked at, with this vise having the most favorable reviews. With that said I received exactly what I expected, It has great down force, a good finish and operates smoothly. I knew from others reviews that the corners would be sharp and needed to be stoned and there might be some casting voids. There were a couple underneath that were not a cause for concern. The other thing I expected and it makes no sense as to why the mfg of the vise would do this, is a raised pad where the indicator mark should be for the degrees of rotation. No mark and the pad is raised 1/8" of the surface of the degrees marks. even if the mark would have been there it would have basically been useless as the surface was to high to get a good read. This surface needs to be lowered and a indicator mark added. Other than that a great vise.

I like the vice, so far I have only used it on my drill press. It seems to be well made, good fit and finish on the vice. But I am disappointed with the handle - very rough casting - no finish work. Took me a few hours to clean it up.Keep in mind this vice is heavy and large. I use it on a 20-inch drill press. Might be too large for a smaller drill press.

This is an update to my previous review of the 5 inch vise. After the debacle of dealing with a poorly shipped and broken 5 inch vise, I had the opportunity to reorder. I placed an order for a 4 inch instead. It arrived with no issues and was intact. The vise itself is pretty awesome. It is hefty and does exactly what I need it to for my milling operations. I'm definitely pleased this go-around. If you're looking to upgrade your mill vise, this is definitely one you should check out.

The 0 is lined up literally randomly and in no point can you actually see how much the vise is rotated as the 0 is not visible in any clamping position to the mill table! For what I am doing this is a critical oversight :-(

Well made and beefy. There is no marking to zero your protractor. There are no slots cut in the bottom of the protractor, for the locator keys. Bottom line, it is a decent vise for a bargain shopping home machinist. It's no where near KURT quality, but neither is the price.