Excellent review; I especially enjoyed the tear-down. You saved me the trouble! I purchased the exact same 4-inch model. Very impressed with the build quality with a single exception: One of the webs from the swivel-base casting was not removed when manufactured. Consequently the vise can't be rotated a full 360°. This can be remedied, but I'm surprised it slipped by the manufacturer.
Thanks for that 👍🏽 I think the vice is really good value for money and just great for my uses. If I was a profession workshop maybe a better quality brand would be applicable but this one Is fine. Thanks again for watching 👍🏽
Seems fine for the price I have the same lathe /mill by Chester but the parts supply from them where not good in fact rubbish if it wasn’t for another supplier of a similar lathe it would have been scrap great vid Mike keep them coming 👍👨🏻🏭
I am new to milling..... and at 14:10 I was wondering what those two little pieces did ... I learned something to day and I am over 70. I got the 3" vise like your with base too.... at first use, I stripped out the bolts that hold on the fix jaw.... I am now checking with company what to do... I have plans to just fix it myself... Better... buy drilling and taping bolts to go all way thru fixed jaw, and maybe add 2 more bolts while I am there.... Hey, Great Video ... I learned somthing. !!
Morning Paul, thanks for your comments. The 2 pieces of metal I believe are for fixing to the underside of the Vice for when you are attaching it to a lathe or mill. There are not used for fixing but to act as a guide (an anti rotation feature) for the vice when sitting on the cross slide or mill bed and act as location guides. My lathe has similar pieces on the top cross slide. Take a look at ruclips.net/video/rLtqz7HI0Kk/видео.html here you can see a tapped holes in my new vice. This is where they will attach. They may be too big for my application so I may need to make some if required but with them fitted well there will be no way the vice can twist under load. It will of course be bolted down as well! Thanks for watching and I'm pleased the video was useful and good luck with fixing yours👍🏽
Same vises imported here, At 1/10th the cost of the original Kurt they are not a bad buy. I use a 3" on a small drill press, and an 8" model on a large radial drill press. They tend to have more flex than the Kurt by placing an indicator behind the fixed jaw, but are good enough for most work. Good video!
Hi Dee Dee. The 8” must be massive! Yes, for the price and what I am going to use it for it’ll be a great addition. Thanks for your comments and for watching 👍🏽
Hi, I’ve just used mine on the mill and it worked great. Hopefully you’ll have the same experience. Thanks for the feedback and of course for watching 👍🏽
14:30 there is adjustment underneath that vice to mitigate the jaw lift somewhat. It can take a bit of fettling either filing or adding shims to improve it. I’ve just bought the 4” vice and for the money it’s pretty impressive. Precision Mathews sell a visually similar vice for $400.
Hi SJV, thanks for your comments. Yes on the older vice there are a couple of cap headed bolts that I can tighten; the tighter they are, the less lift but the harder it is to move so there is a compromise. With my new vice it has the 1/2 ball setup which is great once its bedded in. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
I like my Kurt D40, DX4, D675, and DX6. The 4" cost more than the 6". I got the D675 used and cheap, I bought the others new. Yes, it is an expensive hobby...
Hi Yelims20, although the vice I have isn't a Kurt quality item, I've been using it for milling recently and found it faultless so I'm very happy with it, particularly the price! Thanks for your comments and of course for watching 👍🏽
It would be interesting to do a scan across the 'surface plate' with the indicator set out rigidly in front of the support. If it is flat then the dial indicator needle should not move. Without doing that we do not know which is curved by how much.
Hi Bob, I did something off camera to check how good the ceramic chopping board was, I should have done that for the video! From memory to board wasn't too bad but did run off across it's two sides a tad, by how much I'm afraid escapes me now. Thanks for the comments and for watching 👍🏽
I just purchased 1 for $71 AUD I think its well worth that I've got it for my mini mill will do the job just fine if you want a super accurate 1 you will pay a lot more than the from what I see here tells me its up to the job
Hi, I use mine quite a bit now and for me the accuracy is fine. If I was doing work professionally then a more expensive one would be on the cards. Thanks for the comments and for watching 👍🏽
Certainly am. Mine Was a great buy for the money, very accurate and a nice bit of kit to go with my other tools. I guess quality could vary though time but mine was great 👍🏽
Hi Rick. The vice it self comes ready assembled to the swivel base which can be bolted to a lathe or mill table but you need to supply your own Tee bolts for that, none are supplied I'm afraid. The vice can be removed from the swivel base and used stand alone or can be bolted down like described above. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
@@MikeMakesIt I think those are a pair of t-bolts shown at 14:12. Use them to attach the vise directly to the t-slots on your machine, or attach the swivel base to the t-slots on the machine and then the vise to the swivel base. These are in addition to a second pair of t-bolts (included) which attaches the vise to the swivel base.
@@natecaine7473 Hi, you are correct. Some one had mentioned this in the comment string and I said what they were. I didn't realise I had them until I uploaded the video. Take a look at the older comments and it should clear things up. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏽
Thanks for the info, this vice will definitely be on my Christmas list
Hope you enjoy it! I love mine, it’s just what I needed for my lathe. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
Outstanding review sir!👍👍👍👍
Well thank you very much Catherine, it’s much appreciated. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
Excellent review; I especially enjoyed the tear-down. You saved me the trouble!
I purchased the exact same 4-inch model. Very impressed with the build quality with a single exception: One of the webs from the swivel-base casting was not removed when manufactured. Consequently the vise can't be rotated a full 360°. This can be remedied, but I'm surprised it slipped by the manufacturer.
Thanks for that 👍🏽 I think the vice is really good value for money and just great for my uses. If I was a profession workshop maybe a better quality brand would be applicable but this one Is fine. Thanks again for watching 👍🏽
Seems fine for the price I have the same lathe /mill by Chester but the parts supply from them where not good in fact rubbish if it wasn’t for another supplier of a similar lathe it would have been scrap great vid Mike keep them coming 👍👨🏻🏭
Hi Paul, so far so good with my lathe. I'm pleased you can keep yours going. All the best and thanks for watching 👍🏽👍🏽
I am new to milling..... and at 14:10 I was wondering what those two little pieces did ... I learned something to day and I am over 70. I got the 3" vise like your with base too.... at first use, I stripped out the bolts that hold on the fix jaw.... I am now checking with company what to do... I have plans to just fix it myself... Better... buy drilling and taping bolts to go all way thru fixed jaw, and maybe add 2 more bolts while I am there.... Hey, Great Video ... I learned somthing. !!
Morning Paul, thanks for your comments. The 2 pieces of metal I believe are for fixing to the underside of the Vice for when you are attaching it to a lathe or mill. There are not used for fixing but to act as a guide (an anti rotation feature) for the vice when sitting on the cross slide or mill bed and act as location guides. My lathe has similar pieces on the top cross slide. Take a look at ruclips.net/video/rLtqz7HI0Kk/видео.html here you can see a tapped holes in my new vice. This is where they will attach. They may be too big for my application so I may need to make some if required but with them fitted well there will be no way the vice can twist under load. It will of course be bolted down as well! Thanks for watching and I'm pleased the video was useful and good luck with fixing yours👍🏽
Same vises imported here, At 1/10th the cost of the original Kurt they are not a bad buy. I use a 3" on a small drill press, and an 8" model on a large radial drill press. They tend to have more flex than the Kurt by placing an indicator behind the fixed jaw, but are good enough for most work. Good video!
Hi Dee Dee. The 8” must be massive! Yes, for the price and what I am going to use it for it’ll be a great addition. Thanks for your comments and for watching 👍🏽
He says he hasn't any quality measuring equipment but it's obvious he has a thumb detector, and it's equally obvious it works!
Nice video Mike. Just ordered a 5" one. Looking forward to getting it on the mill ☺️
Hi, I’ve just used mine on the mill and it worked great. Hopefully you’ll have the same experience. Thanks for the feedback and of course for watching 👍🏽
@@MikeMakesIt sweet - look forward to getting it and having a go. :)
14:30 there is adjustment underneath that vice to mitigate the jaw lift somewhat. It can take a bit of fettling either filing or adding shims to improve it. I’ve just bought the 4” vice and for the money it’s pretty impressive. Precision Mathews sell a visually similar vice for $400.
Hi SJV, thanks for your comments. Yes on the older vice there are a couple of cap headed bolts that I can tighten; the tighter they are, the less lift but the harder it is to move so there is a compromise. With my new vice it has the 1/2 ball setup which is great once its bedded in. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
i have the same vise and its not bad at all
Hi, yes I’d agree, for the money it’s excellent. Thanks for the comments and for watching 👍🏽
I like my Kurt D40, DX4, D675, and DX6. The 4" cost more than the 6". I got the D675 used and cheap, I bought the others new. Yes, it is an expensive hobby...
Hi Yelims20, although the vice I have isn't a Kurt quality item, I've been using it for milling recently and found it faultless so I'm very happy with it, particularly the price! Thanks for your comments and of course for watching 👍🏽
It would be interesting to do a scan across the 'surface plate' with the indicator set out rigidly in front of the support. If it is flat then the dial indicator needle should not move. Without doing that we do not know which is curved by how much.
Hi Bob, I did something off camera to check how good the ceramic chopping board was, I should have done that for the video! From memory to board wasn't too bad but did run off across it's two sides a tad, by how much I'm afraid escapes me now. Thanks for the comments and for watching 👍🏽
I just purchased 1 for $71 AUD I think its well worth that I've got it for my mini mill will do the job just fine if you want a super accurate 1 you will pay a lot more than the from what I see here tells me its up to the job
Hi, I use mine quite a bit now and for me the accuracy is fine. If I was doing work professionally then a more expensive one would be on the cards. Thanks for the comments and for watching 👍🏽
Still happy wirh it? I'm about to buy a few
Certainly am. Mine Was a great buy for the money, very accurate and a nice bit of kit to go with my other tools. I guess quality could vary though time but mine was great 👍🏽
I would like to have information about a total high of this 4 inch vise, because my milling have a few work space.
Hi Madue I'll go and measure it and let you know in the morning
Right, without the swivel stand the height of mine is 9.6cm. I hope this help 👍🏽
"Here's a book of words" Hahaha
How did you attach the base
Hi Rick. The vice it self comes ready assembled to the swivel base which can be bolted to a lathe or mill table but you need to supply your own Tee bolts for that, none are supplied I'm afraid. The vice can be removed from the swivel base and used stand alone or can be bolted down like described above. Thanks for watching 👍🏽
@@MikeMakesIt I think those are a pair of t-bolts shown at 14:12. Use them to attach the vise directly to the t-slots on your machine, or attach the swivel base to the t-slots on the machine and then the vise to the swivel base. These are in addition to a second pair of t-bolts (included) which attaches the vise to the swivel base.
@@natecaine7473 Hi, you are correct. Some one had mentioned this in the comment string and I said what they were. I didn't realise I had them until I uploaded the video. Take a look at the older comments and it should clear things up. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏽
Probably real good video. But I couldn't hear any of it.
Hi Jason, I've just checked and there is sound. It's a little lower than normal but it is there.