Description
Price: $283.64
(as of Oct 31, 2024 19:16:57 UTC – Details)
The same reliable workholding you’ve counted on for more than 80 years, now designed to hold any of your wood projects. Wilto’’s Pivot Jaw Woodworkers Vise is the choice for any of your woodworking needs. Perfect for beginners and professional craftsmen alike, this bench vise’s heavy-duty cast iron construction is the perfect addition to any wood shop and is designed to withstand every wood project you throw at it.
Self-centering jaw ensures a strong hold on all workpieces, no matter what the shape
Front jaw pivots 10 degrees to allow for irregularly shaped parts
Rapid-release action speeds removal of the workpiece from the vise jaws
Pivot jaw can be removed for wider clamping requirements
Front jaw moves vertically 9/16″ to act as a full-width dog
Heavy-duty construction is designed for the professional craftsman or shop
Includes a set of magnetic maple jaw inserts
Customers say
Customers like the build quality, functionality, and ease of installation of the hardware clamp vise. They mention it’s well-made, substantial, and holds the work solidly without leaving marks. Some are also happy with the value for money. However, some customers have reported that the jaws don’t line up perfectly and the weight is disappointing. Opinions are mixed on the magnet strength.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
D. Bell –
Another Wilton win
Great vise that is well built. This is my tail vise on my work bench. I think paying extra for the 10 inch wide faces is worth the money for decades of use. Nice color and ease of use. I’ll be installing a Yosec five-arm gun vault handle on this vise.
Bill –
Great vice!
Awesome vice. Sturdy and very solid. Well made. The quick release feature works well. The outer jaw contains a second jaw that pivots to allow you to clamp objects of uneven width. This also pops up to serve as a dog. I removed this second jaw because, when its in place, it’s very difficult to clamp a piece of wood on just one side of the lead screw. But I can see myself using it for non-parallel clamping jobs. Comes with the magnetic maple pads as shown; these are a nice idea but they move around quite a bit as the magnets are not super-strong. I will replace these with the screw-in kind (there are holes for mounting). It’s heavy, so definitely turn your bench upside down to mount. Only negative thing is that the cheap tinfoil brand tag fell off, but I can live with that.
M. Findlay –
When having a new vice is a good thing
This is the second Wilton vice I have used in the past 10 years. Moved recently and left the old Wilton installed in my work bench in the old house. It had held up well, but the slide feature was all but useless. Glad to see this model is redesigned and love the square steel channel that covers the main screw. Should really keep it dust free.I decided to hold it in place with four bolts, and not use lag screws. Bolts are more positive and easier to attach. Much easier than my last installation where I manually held the unit while I drove in lag screws. This time, I held the vice in position with 6″ C-clamps and drilled my 3/8″ holes from below, using the vice base as a fool proof template. I then drilled a 5/8″ diameter countersunk hole for each bolt head in my 3/4″ MDF work surface. I embedded 4 bolts 3-1/2″ X 3/8″ into the top of the work bench and used Gorilla Glue to hold them in place as it expands as it sets (make sure you catalyze one surface with water) filling the void spaces around the flats. If my countersunk hole was not perfectly centered (I clamped a 3/4″ board with a 5/8″ hole already drilled over the top surface over each hole to keep my drill bit from wandering) I used a chisel to cut a corner for the hex head if needed. Once the glue had set over night (I put a non stick surface and heavy weights over each hole to keep the foam from expanding upwards), I used a hydraulic jack to lift into position below the bench to install the four nuts. Non of my embedded bolts twisted free with moderate torque, so all went well.
tt1106 –
Great Vise Rock Solid and great Rapid action opening.
I had a 9 inch Quick release vise before. The kind with the lever you turn and then pull the vise out. It never worked right and over time, the metal weakened, meaning you would have to hold the handle down to turn the screw, or else it would not advance properly. This Vise is a beast and the rapid action works great. It installed easy and comes with magnetic maple face plates. I made a chop for it, but it’s still nice to have the magnetic ones.
HeartFixr –
Very stiff mechanism
Installed yesterday and was disappointed with the stiffness of the mechanism. What really irritated me was that the non-marring inserts for the jaw did not come already drilled to match the holes in the jaws nor was a template provided for this or for the mounting of the vise. Get real, for this amount of money, this should be standard. I was expecting much better attention to detail from Wilton.
Amazon Customer –
Tolerances are terrible
This thing is all slop, from the trivial: the handle bumpers being too big, to the serious: the screw cover/slide tilts down a 1/16″The magnetic jaws don’t stay put, but it’s not due to the strength of the magnets (I added neodymium magnets and it still slid all over the place) There’s not enough friction between the two surfaces.The handle is junk; it’s too short, the loose bumpers, the metal makes an irritating noise.Ugly casting flaws.I generally find Taiwanese tools comparable to US made, Wilton just insisted on cutting too many corners. For $270 I expected better.Also worth mentioning is that only the pivoting part of the moving jaw can be used as a dog. The marketing made it seem as though the whole front jaw moved up.You should expect to put in some time getting it in shape, but it can be brought up to par.
Mountain Man –
Excellent Vice!
Product came shipped intact in manufactures original packaging. Vice quality is excellent and sturdy, it has several nice features such as the face that will pivot left or right to accommodate clamping odd shaped pieces, the whole vice face rises up to become a bench dog and the easy to use quick release.Some people have complained that the faces do not line up perfectly, if this is something you must have purchase a machinist vice and not a woodworking vice. The vice is perfect for both general and precision woodworking. With the build quality this will be handed down over the generations.
Terry –
Wilton Vise designed to last
A woodworking vise is very different from the standard machinist vise found on many garage workbenches. My new Wilton woodworking vise is able to grip work firmly, without marring the wood or allowing it to shift. This is a heavy vise, built for endurance, so installation was a challenge, but well worth the extra effort. I expect this will be the last woodworking vise I will need to purchase.
Dale –
So overall its an ok to good vise but for $600 CND I was expecting premium. It has some casting flaws and lacks the premium look and feel I.M.O.
Amazon Customer –
Well made and very sturdy, particularly liked the magnetic vice jaws.