{"product_id":"precision-toolmakers-vise","title":"Precision Toolmaker's Vise, 1 to 1.5 inch, Ground Steel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the plain gray block you see bolted to a surface grinder in a machine shop. It is a toolmaker's vise: a ground steel body, two parallel jaws, one screw. Nothing swivels, nothing tilts, nothing is made of zinc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"avimg\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:24px 0;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/Scdad8b9d36e042bfb0d269bf4be09677L.webp?v=1789570129\" alt=\"Ground steel body and parallel jaws\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the cross groove is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth jaw faces carry a V cut vertically and a groove cut horizontally. Put a round pin in the vertical V and it stands up square. Lay it in the horizontal groove and it lies down square. Without those cuts a round part just rolls out of flat jaws, or worse, it stays put until you cut it and then rolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe side of the body has a groove too, 6 mm wide and 4 mm deep, so the vise can be clamped down on its side and used on end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"avimg\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:24px 0;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S28dcea13b3ac400eb1ffeeb230a67071h.webp?v=1789570129\" alt=\"Cross V groove in the jaw faces\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe three sizes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe number is the jaw width. 1 inch is 25 mm, 1.3 inch is 33 mm, 1.5 inch is 38 mm. All three are the same length, 60 mm, and the same jaw height, 14.5 mm. The body weighs about 450 g. Opening 23 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick the width by the part, not by the price. If you are holding watch plates and pin stock, 1 inch is plenty and it takes up less bench. If you are holding a small casting or a piece of bar, go wider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"avimg\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:24px 0;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S9df230e763aa4adab35014448ac85f53h.webp?v=1789570129\" alt=\"Vise seen from the side with the clamping groove\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;height:auto;border-radius:8px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eUsing it for drilling\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo drill in it, clamp it to the table you are drilling on, so it stays square under the bit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDelivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree and tracked, to the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. \u003cstrong\u003eTwo to three weeks.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is ground steel from the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30-day returns from the day it arrives. Return postage is yours, the price of the item comes back in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"1 inch","offer_id":50485778940095,"sku":"MB-VISE-TOOLMAKER-1","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.3 inch","offer_id":50485778972863,"sku":"MB-VISE-TOOLMAKER-1.3","price":81.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.5 inch","offer_id":50485779005631,"sku":"MB-VISE-TOOLMAKER-1.5","price":85.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S92ea88f6429d477c83031195e466d727O.webp?v=1789570129","url":"https:\/\/arvonelle.com\/products\/precision-toolmakers-vise","provider":"ARVONELLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}