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Thank you for the response.

Thank you for the response.

I hope this is the correct forum for an inquiry. I have an opportunity to buy this vise and table for $50. I looked at the vise and didn't see any markings to ID it. Its movement is good outwards but kind of choppy inwards. The original owner was a welder and a heavy equipment repairman, so most...

Oops, late at night. Meant to say square-ish design. Cripe appears to have batches of both styles, so it's a crapshoot as to what they'll ship.

For any of those interested in, the design is the one with the rounded back. I've read elsewhere that they switched to a square design somewhere down the road. It's probably a little larger than what I'll ever need, but I'm happy with it. Cripe Distributing has more listed for sale, so they must...

Thanks, I never thought of the right vs. left thing. I'm right handed but always placed vises to the left, since most of the work I'd do on the bench is to the right and closer to other things I'd need. I didn't want to be moving around a vise frequently. Either way, I'll have to think this over.

Thank you for your input. The bench isn't currently anchored to the wall. To be honest, the vise is probably overkill for my needs. There won't be any 'heavy lifting' on it ... for now. Ideally, it should have a wider footprint to be more stable. I thought about the lag bolt into the 4X4, but...

I've read this post with some interest as I recently purchased a new bench vise. It's a Craftsman 51988 4.5" professional vise model. My workbench is very basic as it only has 4X4 posts with 2X4 frames and plywood tops. Would it be appropriate to drill vertically through the 2X4 to mount the...

I can't comment on how well they hold up to heavy use. Here's another link to the same ad. The one I posted was from my mobile phone, so it may not have worked. He's selling them for $100 + $40 shipping. From my 'research' they originally sold from anywhere between $90 to $120 depending on...

Hello, first time poster here. I was looking for a bench vise for my house and the Craftsman Professional 51888 seemed to fit my needs and came highly rated in this forum and in others even though it's not made in the USA. It's clear that Sears no longer makes this model, but I came across a...