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    Irwin Vise Rework

    I bought a low-cost Irwin bench vise with a 240 Degree swivel base. It was reasonably tight but had an annoying defect: when I applied torque to objects held in the jaws, the vise would pivot.

    After some thought and material removal, the problem has been solved.

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    Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


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    One way to fix the vise body to a mill for flattening the bottom surface is to clamp a piece of square stock to the table, invert the vise, then tighten the jaws on the stock. A jack or two under the overhang may help prevent chatter.

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    Your vice is almost exactly the same as the red one in my post I had thoughts about machining a new base from scratch by trepanning a slot for the locking bolt and adding the second bold as you did this would be nearly the same as the mounting of a compound on a lathe but for no more than that vice is worth, I can't justify the time expenditure I will probably settle for a fix like you did at least I should still have a few degrees swivel
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    This approach did cross my mind but did not thiink of using jacks for added support. Good idea!

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    Thanks rgsparber! We've added your Swivel Vise Modification to our Vises category,
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    Good job. I have a Craftsman one on my bench in the basement that I use most and it has the same problem. I'm going to check into it as well.



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