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Precision Toolmaker's Vise, 1 to 1.5 inch, Ground Steel
$79.99 USD
$79.99 USD
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Description
This 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.
What the cross groove is for
Both 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.
The 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.
The three sizes
The 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.
Pick 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.
Using it for drilling
To drill in it, clamp it to the table you are drilling on, so it stays square under the bit.
Delivery
Free and tracked, to the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Two to three weeks. This is ground steel from the workshop.
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.
