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$179.00
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Fractal Vise for Jewelry and Watchmaking, 4 Jaw Stainless Steel Bench Vise for Irregular Parts
$179.00 USD
$179.00 USD
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Description
Free with this vise: a 6-piece anti-static tweezer set (US$14.99 in our shop). It ships separately with its own tracking number.
Some parts have no flat sides. A watch case, a ring, a cast bracket, a piece of carved bone. 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.
A bench vise for hand work. It sits on your bench next to the drill press, and you work in it with your hands — engraving, filing, setting a stone, polishing a case.
Four jaws, not two, and that is the whole point
This vise carries two kinds of jaw at once. One pair is flat, for square stock and anything with parallel sides. The other pair is fractal: a stack of stainless segments that slide independently, close in until each one meets the part, then lock as a set. The jaw becomes the negative shape of whatever you put in it, so the grip spreads over the whole contour instead of two contact points.
What that means in practice is you stop swapping tools. Square work goes in the flat pair, a ring or a bezel goes in the fractal pair, and the vise stays on the bench either way.
There is a spirit level built into the body
A small bubble level sits in the casting between the jaws, so you can set the vise flat on a bench that is not, before you start filing or engraving. It is the detail that tells you who this was designed for.
The numbers
- Opening 90 mm (3.54 in) on the outer setting, 45 mm (1.77 in) on the inner one.
- 160 mm (6.3 in) long overall.
- Stainless steel body and jaws.
- Non-slip silicone base.
- M6 holes drilled through the base so it can be bolted to a bench.
Where it belongs in the shop
Think of the bench as two halves. On one half the machine drills holes, and everything that clamps to it — the drill press vise, the sliding stages, the base plate — lives there. On the other half you do the work that only hands can do, and this is what holds the part while you do it.
A person who owns the drill press still needs somewhere to hold a ring while he cleans up the hole he just made.
Straight answers
Will the jaws mark the part? The design spreads the pressure over the whole shape. On soft gold or a polished case, a strip of leather or tape between keeps it perfect.
Can I bolt it down? Yes, through the M6 holes. Or leave it on the silicone base, which is what most people do.
So what holds work under the drill? The drill press vise. That one sits on the machine and holds the part square.
What is in the box
One vise, plus the free 6-piece tweezer set in its own parcel.
Delivery
Free and tracked, to the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada alike. Two to three weeks. This one is heavy stainless and comes from a workshop, picked and posted after you place your order.
30-day returns from the day it arrives. Return postage is yours, the price of the item comes back in full.
Shipping and returns
Free tracked shipping on every order to the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, with no minimum. A few items ship to a shorter list of countries, and their page says so.
Orders leave within 2 business days. The delivery time for your country is shown under the price of each item. In the United States the Mini Drill Press, the lathes, the XYZ and XYZR micrometer stages and many of the tools ship from US warehouses and arrive in about a week or less. Items shipped from overseas take one to two weeks, a few larger ones two to four. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the parcel is scanned.
30-day returns from the day it arrives, unused and in its packaging. If it arrived damaged or faulty, we pay the return label. If you simply changed your mind, you pay the return postage and get the full price of the item back. Email support@arvonelle.com before sending anything back.
Before you order
Do I pay tax or duty? In the United States, sales tax is added at checkout where your state charges it, and the total you see is what you pay. For Australia and New Zealand nothing is added at checkout. If a carrier ever asks you for a fee on one of our parcels, don't pay it: email us first and we sort it out.
What if a part breaks? For twelve months, tell us which part and we post a new one free. No return needed.
Can I cancel? Yes, within 24 hours of ordering, no questions asked.
How do I reach you? Write to support@arvonelle.com or use the chat. A real person answers within one business day.
