Looking for a vice for my new work shop (all puns gratefully received).

I quite fancy one of these general purpose ones but pretty big at 16kg.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

coke and hookers .

The one in the link looks a bit faffy. Might be useful but I’d rather have a simple one. Look for a good second hand one. Ebay or junk shops

Cheaper here http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-trade-vices-mechanic-s-multi-purpose-bench-vice-505555

Its not a big vice and actually a very light vice for its jaw size.

For light work it would be a versatile workholder , but if you abuse it – really tighten things offset in the jaws or whack it with a heavy hammer it might well crack.

A secondhand older Record, Woden , or if you are lucky Swindens would be worth seeking out for a local pickup from Gumtree or Ebay and will be available cheaply .

There is ONLY 1 vice worth getting, Period. If you can find one second hand for about £100 notes in good nick then bite the sellers hand off. I talk of course about the Record 36. The king of vices. The only vice you will ever need 🙂

Just don’t expect to buy a new one for sensible money

http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalog/Mechanics_Vice_Quick_Release_Record.html

Swindens are the best vices – if you can find them second-hand, they’re silly money new. Or a Wilton, but only an original Chicago one.

But don’t buy a new vice anyway, vices should be old and battered.

Yeah , I have a Chicago early 4.5″ Wilton – very rare in the uk – missed out on the 99p Swindens last year though …, York are worth finding too .

Smoking is a very accessible vice. Expensive though.

a vice you say…..

Wish the OP made the title more clearer 🙁

I was so excited i placed a order on Amazon for some equipment
(I don’t think these items are allowed to be returned 😳 )

I’ve had one of these for the past 33 years, the place I was working at was closing down.
It could do with some new jaws really, but they’re nearly £100 a set.

A Record is easily as good as any other make out there, and arguably far easier to find than uncommon imported vices.
I’ve got a Record No4 I picked up from eBay, which I’ve cleaned all the crap off of and repainted with blue Hammerite; it looks really good now, dead chuffed with it.
Scroll down to near the bottom…

mcmoontertrackworld……. Vices

Another thread on this subject here:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-need-a-new-vice-where-from

I ended up with a Record No.23 quick release big meaty one off gumtree for £100, been great, no problems at all

ex school 3″ Record, spot on!

check your local tip.

I found this Record No. 22 at ours. Was in a state but spent a couple of hours with wire wool before knocking up a mount out of some scaffold offcut and some spare bonnet clips so I can bench mount it if needs be. I have a cheapy Amazon carpenters vice mounted to the workbench so handy to have one that’s ‘mobile’. It weighs a ton so doesn’t move about.

All for a couple of ££

Yep definitely check local selling on Facebook, eBay, gumtree and the like.

I got this for nowt from our neighbour’s garage when he moved out last month. It’s already been very useful.

I got mine from a Freecycle group assuming it might come in handy occasionally. I have used it many, many times already including today when I had to bend straight a key my wife wholeheartedly refuses to admit to bending despite it working perfectly until she rushed out this morning and (miraculously) when she got home it wouldn’t fit…

A Record is easily as good as any other make out there, and arguably far easier to find than uncommon imported vices

Tsk, that’s not the STW attitude – we must all prove our superiority by having more obscure and retro vices than anyone else.