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JeepinHank
03-12-2005, 12:13 PM
Can anybody recomend a decent drill press vise?

I'm going to be notching my control arms soon, and I'll need a better way to keep everything secure. Preferably something with a cross slide or offset feature so I won't have to worry about cutting into the vise with the hole saw.

Anybody?

JeepinHank
03-17-2005, 05:33 PM
Finally decided to go with this one:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=32996

It should do what I need. Couldn't come up with any thing else except clamping the tubing down on a 2x4 or something. Then I could screw up the 2x4 and not my drilling surface. Anyway, I had been looking at a drill press vise for a while. This should do the job nicely.

Nordic1
03-17-2005, 07:41 PM
I bought one off of ebay for like 40 bucks. It's a piece of shit chinese made crap hole but it works. At some point in time, I'll be buying a nice one from like Northern Tool or Harbor Freight.

BigDaveZJ
03-17-2005, 07:54 PM
At some point in time, I'll be buying a nice one from like Northern Tool or Harbor Freight.

I should ban you just for saying that!!!

nate
03-17-2005, 08:45 PM
I bought one just a few days ago. Delta 4" was $25 at AIH... (Alaska Industrial Hardware). I just wanted it so I don't have to hold a 2" piece of steel and have that fucker rip my hand in half.