Need a vice..

[pdq67]

I found a place on the web selling new Wilton #11104 vices.

Ad say's they are made of steel, but is it really and not ductile or cast iron??

I want something I can "mildly" beat on with a medium sized ballpein hammer if I want to so will it take a beating??

I would dearly love to have another small jawed post vice, but people seem to think a lot of them. I had one when I was a kid, only gave $5.00 for it..

Please advise and Thx. in advance.

pdq67

 

[AceofSpad3s]

I found a place on the web selling new Wilton #11104 vices.

Ad say's they are made of steel, but is it really and not ductile or cast iron??

I want something I can "mildly" beat on with a medium sized ballpein hammer if I want to so will it take a beating??

I would dearly love to have another small jawed post vice, but people seem to think a lot of them. I had one when I was a kid, only gave $5.00 for it..

Please advise and Thx. in advance.

pdq67

Craigslist yo. You can find some good stuff on craigslist if you look, too much for my tastes but I am cheap, I got my dunlap vise for $3.

 

[Packard V8]

I found a place on the web selling new Wilton #11104 vices. Ad say's they are made of steel, but is it really and not ductile or cast iron??

I've never seen an actual cast steel vise, because they'd be expensive to cast and more expensive to machine. There are numerous phoney-baloney terms for ductile or malleable cast iron. Remember when GM called their cast iron rods and crankshafts "Armasteel".

I want something I can "mildly" beat on with a medium sized ballpein hammer if I want to so will it take a beating??

Yes, most any US-made vise will withstand having the workpiece "mildy" beat on with a medium hammer.

No, in fifty years I've never broken a good-quality vise.

Maybe, accept GJ vise hoarding has driven up prices. Not many $3-$5 vises today.

jack vines

 

[balane]

The Wilton you're looking at is a Chinese made import Wilton. Stay away, it's junk. If you want to hammer on it then especially stay away.

http://www.toolbarn.com/wilton-11104.html

It's a truly awful vise.

Where do you live so we can check your local Craig's List for you? You're definitely going to want to buy an older vise that was manufactured in N. America, Europe, Australia and sometimes Japan.

 

[michiganman18]

Cant find any tools local on my CL except high high prices