| Review by Mike Lingenfelter | posted 200 days ago | 449 views | 0 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
- Veritas Twin-Screw Vise
- Brand: Veritas | Category: Other
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I have bought several products from Lee Valley/Veritras, and I have been very happy with them. So, I expected a lot from them, when I bought this vise. For what I paid for this bench vise, I’m not that impressed. I took the picture for this review showing how the handles can get out of alignment. The problem is that the set-screws that lock the large screw and handle together are undersized. The use of set-screws I feel is the real flaw. The friction from a couple set-screws isn’t going to give you that much clamping pressure. The set-screws are always slipping. You then have to remove the front cover to adjust the handles and tighten the set-screw down again. I wanted a vise I can really clamp down on. If I put too much pressure on this vise I can easily twist the handles out of alignment.
-- Mike - http://inquisitivewoodworker.blogspot.com/
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4 comments so far
Ryan Shervill
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posted 200 days ago
Mike, I’d send an email…..I have two of those vices, and never had a problem. I know LV will take care of you no matter what it takes.
If you’d prefer the “do it yourself” method, once you get it aligned, pull out the set-screw, strike a mark with a center punch through the hole, and drill a recess hole for the set screw to lock in to. Unfortunately, the set-screw are a required evil on this vice, as an indexed stop would be problematic if the maple faces moved or the bench wasn’t perfectly suare or the chain stretched.
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rikkor
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posted 199 days ago
I would think Lee Valley will go out of its way to make it right. That has been my experience with them.
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grovemadman
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posted 195 days ago
Lee Valley has excellent customer service. I would call them and explain the situation you are having. Most everything you can buy from them is returnable.
-- --Chuck
Mike Lingenfelter
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posted 192 days ago
I know Lee Valley is a good company, I have bought many items from them I’m very happy with. I will still buy Lee Valley products, I have a long wish list waiting to be purchased. My comments were on the design of the this vise, which I feel has a real flaw in it. A vise is meant to be clamped. Sometimes you need to give it a good tight turn. I don’t want to be worried about it slipping, because of some small set-screws. There isn’t much Lee Valley can do for me, unless they have redesigned the vise.
I have had the vise of over a year now and have learned to deal with it’s flaws. I just think for the price, it would have been designed a little bit better. Other people have had good luck with, which might show I’m just picky. The bench and vise are going to be replaced shortly. The current bench and vise will go to my brother, he isn’t as picky as I am :).
For those of you that have had good luck with the vise, please write a review. My review doesn’t have to stand as the last word on this vise.
-- Mike - http://inquisitivewoodworker.blogspot.com/