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visit Panda Industrial sales in araneta or binondo, they still have a 3" or 4" record metal vise england made that sells for a tad less than 1K, I would recommend this over the cheap ones, but for light duties, the chinese ones will do fine... imho...

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thanks for the response. hope they still have this one... i'll take a look at the araneta branch. i hope they are open tomorrow even though its a non-working holiday.

in line with this, can you share pictures or even designs of tables for vise? based on the work that i do, i'm going to need a sturdy one, preferably bolted on the floor and wall...

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visit Panda Industrial sales in araneta or binondo, they still have a 3" or 4" record metal vise england made that sells for a tad less than 1K, I would recommend this over the cheap ones, but for light duties, the chinese ones will do fine... imho...

3" or 4" Record for 1K is an excellent price. I might pick up one if they still have it.

Bench Vises are really very useful tools.

If it's not more than 4" then a stand like this will be ok. I have one in the shop mounted this way but I just don't have a pic now.

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Timber isn't referring to a vise like the one in JayL's picture, is he? How much did your vise in the picture cost, JayL?

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Timber isn't referring to a vise like the one in JayL's picture, is he? How much did your vise in the picture cost, JayL?

no louis, but it is very much the same except for the swivel base... my metal working vise is removable, Hence, I can position it any angle I want and saves me the cost of the swivel type...

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The Record Vise in the pic has 5" jaw length. It's a quick release model.

IIRC I got it for 3.9K.

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no louis, but it is very much the same except for the swivel base... my metal working vise is removable, Hence, I can position it any angle I want and saves me the cost of the swivel type...

Timb I remember you have a pic of the vise posted on the other site when you got it. Do you still have these?

What's the jaw length and how much was it? I might pick up a similar one to keep for a welding table build later..

tks

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That's a VERY GOOD price then. Now I just have to figure out when I can go there.

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Hurry up. English made Record vises are drying up now. Soon it will all be the China made Records if not the Indian made ones.

The Wilton Mechanic's Vise posted is also good but Made in China. It has 6 1/2" jaw length and sells for 4,300 pesos. I checked US Made Wilton Vises but price is not really within the range I wanted to spend or afford. A same size US built Wilton Tradesman can cost a bit less than $400 excluding shipping charges.

LYS Hardware in Recto has some US Made steel vises too but I didn't look close enough because I already purchased the Record.

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with a vise mounted this way, won't it topple down while using the hacksaw? or when use to hold things for prying?

i would like to go this route of mounting (budget build muna, then later on with the workbench).

the intended height of the stand would be 3ft which is roughly along my waistline.

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The one at the shop seems sturdy enough ( w/ the blue Record 4 1/2" vise ). However a 17" rim was used as base.

The bench grinder on the picture has 14" rim.

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i already got my england made record vise this afternoon... its the 1k worth of 4" non-swivel vise w/ anvil. i was able to do the task w/o mounting it on any stand. it'll be my next project... a workbench 😀

you are right, most of the record vises there are being "china made" only a few models are left that are euro made. i really wanted the quick release, swivel with anvil and pipe holder, but don't have the budget for now pa... maybe next time 😛

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Do you have some pics? I hope there are still some stocks remaining. I'm thinking to get one for a future workbench build and a swivel is not necessary. Price is very tempting.

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Sorry I forgot to re size the borrowed picture in previous post so I lost the edit button.