{"product_id":"fractal-vise-stainless","title":"Fractal Vise, stainless steel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome parts have no flat sides. A watch case, a ring, a cast bracket, a piece of driftwood. Put one of those in an ordinary vise and you are clamping on two small points, so it either slips or you crush it trying to stop it slipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis vise does not have two jaws. Each jaw is a stack of thin stainless blades that slide independently. Close it and the blades push in until each one meets the part, then lock as a set. The jaw ends up as the exact negative shape of whatever you put in it, so the grip is spread over the whole contour instead of two contact points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatch cases and bezels you do not want marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRings and jewellery while you engrave or set a stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdd-shaped PCBs and enclosures that will not sit square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarving and polishing small irregular pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe vise, stainless steel, with the fractal jaw blades fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn anvil face on the back of the body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA non-slip base, with two M6 holes underneath so it can be bolted down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eStraight answers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a drilling vise?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. It holds a shape, it does not hold a shape square. For a hole that has to be perpendicular, use the drill press vise, which bolts to the machine base. This one is a bench vise for work you do by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill the blades mark the part?\u003c\/strong\u003e They are steel, so on soft gold or a polished case you still want a strip of leather or masking tape between. The point of the design is that the pressure is spread out, not that steel has stopped being steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExact dimensions.\u003c\/strong\u003e We have not measured one, and we are going to be precise about why: we have not ordered one to measure either. The only sample on its way to this bench is the drill press. This page said \"our sample is on order\" until today, which read as though a fractal vise were coming, and it is not. Our supplier does not publish the jaw width, opening or weight, and we are not going to lift figures off a similar-looking vise elsewhere and present them as this one's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf an exact opening decides your purchase, write to us first. We will ask the supplier in writing and forward you whatever they send back, including if the answer is unhelpful. The day we have one on the bench, the measured numbers go here along with anything we do not like about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery.\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 3 weeks, tracked, free. We do not hold stock of this one yet, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46211337945279,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S815995c5547c46fa9fcf1ad1d00ea979s.webp?v=1789551845","url":"https:\/\/arvonelle.com\/products\/fractal-vise-stainless","provider":"ARVONELLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}