Thread: drill press vice

opinions sought on best drill pres vice....I have 150mm unigrip Dawn. but its too big for table of the waldown..I thinking I need a 100mm for most work allowing easier fastening.

The 150mm is pushing the table slots to allow east setup and clamping

is there anything better than the dawn unigrip for a lot less $$

Originally Posted by eskimo

opinions sought on best drill pres vice....I have 150mm unigrip Dawn. but its too big for table of the waldown..I thinking I need a 100mm for most work allowing easier fastening.

The 150mm is pushing the table slots to allow east setup and clamping

is there anything better than the dawn unigrip for a lot less $$

You mean the red "Dawn Unigrip - made to Dawn specifications and quality requirements"? I bet it is made in China, just like the "precision drilling vises" from H&F and others. The only difference I can see, is the paint color. The blue H&F have an added oil nipple. I use one of these on the Waldown, the 100mm model. If anything, I sometimes wish I had bought the 125mm model.

Years ago I bought a Dawn vise, only the cheaper model as I use it on the welding table and did not want to ruin a good expensive vise. I was surprised it was made in China too. They just rivet their good name pate on it. That is how a hard earned good old brand reputation is converted into short term shareholder value.

Originally Posted by cba_melbourne

You mean the red "Dawn Unigrip - made to Dawn specifications and quality requirements"? I bet it is made in China, just like the "precision drilling vises" from H&F and others. The only difference I can see, is the paint color. The blue H&F have an added oil nipple. I use one of these on the Waldown, the 100mm model. If anything, I sometimes wish I had bought the 125mm model.

Years ago I bought a Dawn vise, only the cheaper model as I use it on the welding table and did not want to ruin a good expensive vise. I was surprised it was made in China too. They just rivet their good name pate on it. That is how a hard earned good old brand reputation is converted into short term shareholder value.

My dawn 125mm vice that i had for a year or two was made in Australia.When I checked at the time of purchase i did not find any dawn product that was not made in Australia, but times may have changed.

I love the vice and don't use any thing else on my drill press. It is head and shoulders above the other 4 or 5 that I have.
Grahame

I think you will find the family bought the manufacturing back yo Australia a few years ago.

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Originally Posted by eskimo

opinions sought on best drill pres vice....I have 150mm unigrip Dawn. but its too big for table of the waldown..I thinking I need a 100mm for most work allowing easier fastening.

The 150mm is pushing the table slots to allow east setup and clamping

is there anything better than the dawn unigrip for a lot less $$

You could always opt for the real deal Richard but there's a but.. the price.

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More realistically, how about a small Palmgren vice from the States? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Palmgren-Dri...item461f46476d I have a couple of little Palmgren vices with 1 1/2 " jaws and a 3" tilting vice. Made well enough but not a match for the real thing.

Bob.

Is 75 bucks too much? http://www.toolexchange.com.au/images2/P1060404.JPG

hi all. i have no camera atm sorry.
i like my small nippy vice and the small record is not bad to.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Murray-Son...3D390563804682

like this one

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Irwin-Rec...item51b8448bfe

or this one
aaron

I've been thinking about a drill press vice for some time now.

So after reading above I started looking at the Dawn 100 or 125mm vices.

They seem to do two models in aeg size; one around $80 and one around $300!!!

What's the difference?


Thx
Jon

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

You could always opt for the real deal Richard but there's a but.. the price.

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More realistically, how about a small Palmgren vice from the States? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Palmgren-Dri...item461f46476d I have a couple of little Palmgren vices with 1 1/2 " jaws and a 3" tilting vice. Made well enough but not a match for the real thing.

Bob.

do you know who I could pinch a waldown from...and note I said pinch

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

Is 75 bucks too much? http://www.toolexchange.com.au/images2/P1060404.JPG

okay...fess up....who went in there this morning and snapped it up....its only 0830am cst....i thought you banana benders didnt get out of bed till noon



thanks anyway Bob but that bloke up there beat me to it

Originally Posted by azzrock

hi all. i have no camera atm sorry.
i like my small nippy vice and the small record is not bad to.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Murray-Son...3D390563804682

like this one

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Irwin-Rec...item51b8448bfe

or this one
aaron

I'l see if I can find an Irwin to check out..looks okay in picture

Originally Posted by eskimo

do you know who I could pinch a waldown from...and note I said pinch

id like one to

Originally Posted by eskimo

okay...fess up....who went in there this morning and snapped it up....its only 0830am cst....i thought you banana benders didnt get out of bed till noon

thanks anyway Bob but that bloke up there beat me to it

And snapped up a bargain he did ! I was telling Jon I paid $231 for my shiny version back in 2007 on eBay. New then, they were about a hundred- ish bucks more.

BT

Originally Posted by code4pay

I think you will find the family bought the manufacturing back yo Australia a few years ago.

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Do you think the red Dawn drill vise for under $100 is made in Australia? Maybe from local and imported ingredients . I simply cannot believe its possible to manufacture that cheap here. Our wages are just too high for such stuff.


I still had the box where my disposable bench vise for the welding table was packed. Have a good look at the print just below the red line between the vise picture and the bar code. It only cost me under $100 new. I do not believe it could be made here for nearly that sort of money. And that design is not worth more either.

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It wasn't me that got it either