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Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2007
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- West Coast
Ok, I have struggled with this in my head for quite a while. I currently use a Kurt D675, not a real new vise, but a decent vise. I've long pondered over this as I've felt the Kurt D40 was a much better size vise. The D675 is just a bit big on the table for the FP1, and is big for the FP2 also.
A while ago I was visiting wrench (AlanH) and noted he was using a D40 on his FP2, it really did look like the right size.
However, the one thing I've always struggled with is that the D40 only opens the jaws 4" (actually 3 7/8" as I recall).
I've lusted over the 3400V as it will let you clamp the vise sideways, but the price is typically over $1k, and closer to $1100 when you get shipping and/or tax on top of it.
Seeing the post that Enco was closing, I went snooping around, but as it turned out MSC currently has a sale on Kurt vises and their prices are cheaper than Enco. Enco doesn't sell the 3400V however...
For some reason I decided to go snoop around the Kurt website and low and behold Kurt had some scratch and dent 3400Vs for $798. This is the cheapest I've seen them for (4" wide, and opens 6"). Shipping is free for FedEx freight, and no tax to CA. That saves me about $170 over the MSC price which is on sale.
Still a bit tough to pull the trigger, but decided to do it, it's on the way now...
What size vise are some of you others using on your FP1 or FP2 ?
Cheers,
Alan
A while ago I was visiting wrench (AlanH) and noted he was using a D40 on his FP2, it really did look like the right size.
However, the one thing I've always struggled with is that the D40 only opens the jaws 4" (actually 3 7/8" as I recall).
I've lusted over the 3400V as it will let you clamp the vise sideways, but the price is typically over $1k, and closer to $1100 when you get shipping and/or tax on top of it.
Seeing the post that Enco was closing, I went snooping around, but as it turned out MSC currently has a sale on Kurt vises and their prices are cheaper than Enco. Enco doesn't sell the 3400V however...
For some reason I decided to go snoop around the Kurt website and low and behold Kurt had some scratch and dent 3400Vs for $798. This is the cheapest I've seen them for (4" wide, and opens 6"). Shipping is free for FedEx freight, and no tax to CA. That saves me about $170 over the MSC price which is on sale.
Still a bit tough to pull the trigger, but decided to do it, it's on the way now...
What size vise are some of you others using on your FP1 or FP2 ?
Cheers,
Alan