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• mitdr774 Member Posts: 1,487 Senior Member

  November 2019 #2

  I have used a few old vises and a lot of newer ones.  I like the older ones better.  I broke a newer 4" vise trying to compress a hydraulic lifter.  It looked like a very crappy casting based on how the casting looked where it broke.

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• zorba Senior Member Posts: 23,843 Senior Member

  November 2019 #3

  "Hecho en China"
  

  -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
  
  "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
  

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• mitdr774 Member Posts: 1,487 Senior Member

  November 2019 #4

  Probably.  The casting had so many voids in it that I would shocked of it didnt float in water.

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• Old Ron Senior Member Posts: 4,275 Senior Member

  November 2019 #5

  Good job on the vise !
  Those are always handy in any shop . With the way I drop things I need one in every room .
  

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• zorba Senior Member Posts: 23,843 Senior Member

  November 2019 #6

  mitdr774 said:

  Probably.  The casting had so many voids in it that I would shocked of it didnt float in water.

  I've read that Chinese vises often have Bondo or similar to smooth out their finishes.
  

  -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
  
  "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
  

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• mitdr774 Member Posts: 1,487 Senior Member

  November 2019 #7

  I dont recall any bondo on that one, but the broken casting looked more like a block of foam than it did a chunk of cast iron.

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