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wingman2012

Six-inch cross slide vise VS five inch milling vise

My use case is is repositioning pieces to drill multiple holes with a drill press. Will not be attempting to mill. I have been measuring and dimpling my stock, so not planning on relying on the measuring part either tool if they have it.

After reading reviews, these both seem to need adjusting and calibrating.

I have no experience with either tool.

Link to 6 inch cross slide vise

https://m.harborfreight.com/6-inch-cross-slide-vise-32997.html?utm_referrer=direct%2Fnot%20provided

Link to the 5 inch milling vise

https://m.harborfreight.com/5-in-Rugged-Cast-Iron-Drill-Press-Milling-Vise-69159.html

Thanks in advance for the help!

Posted Feb 20, 2018, 2:03 PM UTC

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lirakis•

I had the 5" milling vice for about 6 hours before I returned it. The amount of slop is just absurd, it wouldn't hold anything firmly in place at all, let alone have any repeatable indexing/placement. I have read the 6" cross slide is better in this regard.

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vigpounder•

Every single vice they sell is junk. Period. I hate to be negative nancy and I like a lot of their stuff but the vices are porous, sloppy, brittle junk.

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wingman2012OP•

Can you suggest any worthy alternatives for my use case?

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Poli_Nerd•

1)Look up Drill press table or drill press fixture if your doing the same things over and over it might be worth making a fixture/template that makes it quick... 2)a good source for quality things like this is littlemachine shop https://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_category.php?category=1963256912

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