Wilton Cross-Slide Drill Press Vise, 4" Jaw Width & Max Opening, 1-3/8" Jaw Depth (Model CS4)

Was exactly what I wanted. Fast delivery and service. Very sturdy product. I new addition to my little shop. Thank you very much. Looking forward to more of your products come my way or test or whatever I do both.

Quality was very good. Much better than cheaper vises on amazon. If you want to hold something completely still in an X-Y axis vise the drive nut that the drive screw pushes against when adjusting the position of the vise must have no play in it. If the drive nut allows the drive screw to move after you clamp something in it the vise still moves and is therefore useless for the intended purpose and every hole you drill will look like you did it by hand.

Bought this vise for my 97 year old Dad that makes pens. I thought it would help him drill the blanks. I set it up and then brought him out to show him. He actually giggled with delight. Works great and he said it was actually like the one he use at work over 40 years ago. Tried and true design. After trying it out he said it was very accurate.

Appears way to cheap for a product with a $259 list price, paid $107.49 on black Friday sale, not sure if it was even worth that, spent hours working on improving it's performance to a maybe 3 star item. Having invested so much time on it, not sure if I will return it or not. A bit disappointing! Update: The cranking handles finally excepted oil and are working way better, I was able to re-engineer the V-Track rail system so it no longer constantly jambs up, and the clamping shim plate no longer slides out as well, I can now tighten them to very close tolerances and have very little play, and they no longer ever jamb up, the cross slide drill press vise tool is now usable and worth keeping. More updates: Decided it was still a bit to sloppy and spent a couple more hours filling out one of the uneven v-groves and added a copper shim washer to the other axis, finally some accuracy, product I'm drilling into isn't moving around anymore, I would have been happy to pay another $100 or maybe even $200 more to not have had to go thorough all that, unfortunately I don't even see a good option at that price point,

Yes, this is another inexpensive vise. However, I knew that when I purchased it as everyone who buys this and does proper research should know. If you want excellent quality, you have to pay for it or find a much older USA one. I only wanted a vise to hold and maneuver my parts on my drill press without having to clamp and reclamp them several times. Well, my spindle was bent on the end and didnt turn as smooth when I got to the very end of one side. I didnt care to much because I know its a cheap vise and it was going to served its purpose. But for the hell of it I called the company that makes Wilton vices- WALTER MEIER- and they were very helpfull on the phone. All they wanted was a copy of my purchase order off the Amazon purchase screen. So I printed it out, scanned it and e-mailed it to them. Two hours later the woman e-mailed me back and told me that they dont have replacement spindles in stock (my guess is that they are china made) and that they will ship me a new vise out in the morning. They told me to keep the old one. So I now have an extra vise that I can keep at home for my home drill press. I got the new vise 3 days later. Im keeping the old one because Im not looking for precision machining. Anyone knows that you will have to spend at least $350-400 for a precision 4" cross slide vise unless you can find an older used one that was made in the USA years ago. And if you want it for precision machining you should go with a x-y table anyway. And like all cheap vises, when you get it you should take it apart, use PB Blaster or WD40, wash it down to get all the metal filings and corosive sealers off of it, clean it up and lightly relube it. Down the road, it will get filings all over it anyway like any open vise, so this isnt something you will only have to do once(another reason for a x-y table). Mine wasnt that bad, but I did it anyway and it improved the smoothness quite a bit. If you do have any problems contact the company directly that makes these "Walter Meier", ask for customer service and you should have no problem getting what you need. The only complaint I have is that these vices do not come with directions. If it did I would of gave it 5 stars only because "what you are getting for the price", not for the "overall quality." If you want precision, my advice is to find a used older cross slide vise or break down and spend some more money. I will not use this vise but three times a month so it fit my budget and purpose. Its jaws are grooved to hold flat pieces of stock, and that turned out to be a big plus. I dont need vise-grips and wood anymore to hold pieces down and I can adjust my pieces with a simple turn of the crank. Im glad I got one, I could and should of got one of these years ago. I even picked up some end mills incase I need them. I havent needed anything larger than the 4" yet as it seems to hold everything Iv needed to drill into or through. Maybe in the future an x-y table and a 6" vise will fit in my budget. Im not a machinist, only an auto-body guy. But this thing sure makes drilling so much easier. Good Luck with your purchase or any purchases these days. Quality seems to be a thing of the past. No thanks to the greedy unions and overpaid executives for price increases and forcing manufacturers to make everything overseas for competitive prices. This is the "New America"....Like they say, "Live it or Leave it"...I chose to "just deal with it..."