New Orange Vise

jakefreese · Nov 19, 2018

Has anybody gotten theres yet? I ordered one today, I was planning on buying a couple single station vises next month, but im going to give these a shot.

metalmadness · Nov 19, 2018

id love one, but that price makes me hesitate

jakefreese · Nov 19, 2018

I am thinking it is to possibly compete with the Kurt DX6 or the 3600's. I wanted a couple of the single station 6x17.5 all cast iron vises but just couldn't justify the $3k for the 2 vises.

PegroProX440 · Nov 19, 2018

I am interested in solid jaw deflection compared to a Kurt 3600. I have only used Kurts but I am excited to see if the Orange has any improvements as far as single stations go. Sol has been a big help to a lot of machinists on here and I want to pay him back somehow.

wheelieking71 · Nov 19, 2018

PegroProX440 said:
I am interested in solid jaw deflection compared to a Kurt 3600.

Gonna be hard to equal that. At least for anything that uses a bolt-on fixed jaw. There is a reason I keep using my cheapie GMT 615R's

eaglemike · Nov 19, 2018

wheelieking71 said:
Gonna be hard to equal that. At least for anything that uses a bolt-on fixed jaw. There is a reason I keep using my cheapie GMT 615R's

I have a few of those, very solid vises. I've had trouble with chips getting past the seals and locking things up. If they had a better seal there, they'd be wonderful.

I've been nothing but happy with my Orange vises. I often use them as doubles. Super handy.

gkoenig · Nov 20, 2018

wheelieking71 said:
Gonna be hard to equal that. At least for anything that uses a bolt-on fixed jaw. There is a reason I keep using my cheapie GMT 615R's

The Orange single station fixed jaw isn't bolt on - it's locked in by the carrier dovetail and pulled down during clamping, just like the standard Orange Double Station vises.

I mostly use my 17.5" double station in a single configuration. Measured deflection under full load is 0.0002" of *drop*, since the dovetail acts to pull the jaw down.

ARB · Nov 21, 2018

I have one of the first ones. I haven't measured deflection yet but overall I'm very pleased with the vise. Pretty versatile piece of kit. I think I will buy a second or a two station to compliment it.

jjxtrider · Nov 21, 2018

UPS delivered 2 of these vises just Monday , can't wait to put them to work . Quadruple the clamping options built-in compared to the miserable std Kurt's we have at work , thus why for my own shop , I went orange . I know those Kurt's deflect , the movable jaws are even worse , one of my biggest complaints with them(never tried the top line models).

If they work as good as I expect I'll be getting either a dual station or a couple more of these , would like a pair or so of 4inchers for quick on/off- small jobs when other things are on the table and space is limited . Decisions, decisions

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Whysosharp · Nov 21, 2018

Your doing it wrong Kurt’s deflect just as much. Even a clapped out old Kurt vise is a nice piece of iron. Not knocking Orange Vise I’m sure they are quality and a good purchase

kazlx · Nov 21, 2018

I was using 2 DX6s on my old machine and moved to 3 17.5 Orange doubles on my new machine. I definitely prefer the doubles just for flexibility so far. I mainly do smaller stuff, so it will be really nice to set up quickly and run multiple double op parts.

swarf_rat · Nov 24, 2018

I had two Kurt 3600s, nice vise as far as they go. In 2013, bought two Orange vises and never looked back. I still have a 3600, great vise for second ops, sold the other one. I've posted this before, but Photobucket screwed that pooch:

The rigidity is better than a match for the Kurt, and the versatility is in an entirely different universe.

YdnaD · Nov 24, 2018

I've been gradually phasing out our Kurts and replacing them with OV's one by one. The Kurts work fine but the number of clamping options and ease-of-maintenance with the OV's is unmatched. They make general purpose work so smooth.

I can't speak to the aluminum jaw slides. I'm running the cast iron ones since I don't have to worry about weight. I also don't use the mitee-bite (or whatever) clamps, but we run a TON of softjaws and use the entire range of the double station bed. Going from one to the other takes no time flat.

Earlier today I just bought another two OV-175's when I noticed there was a black friday sale. 25% off, are you kidding me? I've never smashed a piggybank so fast!

jakefreese · Nov 26, 2018

Yeah I wish I could have smashed the piggy bank for a pair of doubles especially at that price!

Here is my new single ready to get christened!

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Speedie · Nov 26, 2018

Is there a reason Orange vises do not list the max opening in their store? You would think that would be one of the top 3 reasons to buy a vise.

gkoenig · Nov 26, 2018

Speedie said:
Is there a reason Orange vises do not list the max opening in their store? You would think that would be one of the top 3 reasons to buy a vise.

https://www.orangevise.com/documentation/dimensions-capacities/

Motorsports-X · Nov 28, 2018

jakefreese said:
Has anybody gotten theres yet? I ordered one today, I was planning on buying a couple single station vises next month, but im going to give these a shot.

I have one already, and a new one on the way to be here friday. They are good vises. I would change a few things to make them a little easier to use, but the are solid and accurate.

Motorsports-X · Nov 28, 2018

FYI, buy directly from Orange.

jakefreese · Nov 28, 2018

I'm planning on buying one more also. I'm really happy with it. Just waiting for the carve smart versa grip jaws to get here!

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Jay Fleming · Dec 27, 2018

jakefreese said:
I'm planning on buying one more also. I'm really happy with it. Just waiting for the carve smart versa grip jaws to get here!

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Now that you've had your vise for a month, how do you like it? We're about to pull the trigger on the same vise, but from Maritool because we're buying other stuff at the same time. I don't see an immediate benefit from the mitee bite rail or the carvesmart jaws, but this vise is $100 less than a 3600 and the other features are just a bonus.

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