Recent content by Rancid Polecat

I think a rear shock upgrade would be in order.

I guess it was worth the $80.00 then. I'll put it to use, probably not carriage-building though.

I wondered the same, although I would think that if they offered a long slide as an add-on it would seem they would offer the complete vise in a longer version anyway. Maybe available special order from the factory, or more likely they offered it at some point, sold very few, and dropped it...

Have you seen one listed in a catalog? Maybe only offered for a short time so not much literature showing it? Whatever the facts are it should be nice addition to the garage. Nice and tight, no signs of abuse.

Yup it certainly is. I've used them before and they work really well. What I haven't seen is one with a jaw opening almost twice as wide as a normal(?) model 26. The catalogs say the 4-1/2 inch jaw version has a 9 inch max opening. This one seems a little odd.

Hello all, I just picked this vise up from a local picker/junker/horse trader. I’ve seen these but never one with this long of a jaw. It opens 17 plus inches. It’s comically long. Irresponsibly long. It’s more…extension…than any man needs. All the catalogs I’ve seen say it’s a 9 inch opening...