Swivel vise, how to use?

[stdsch40]

I picked up this heavy duty swivel vise because a friend of mine was selling it very cheap. 'Record' is good quality but I didn't really need it except I couldn't pass up on a super good deal. Any ideas what they are mainly used for? I'd like to know.

 

[Dingo3]

I picked up this heavy duty swivel vise because a friend of mine was selling it very cheap. 'Record' is good quality but I didn't really need it except I couldn't pass up on a super good deal. Any ideas what they are mainly used for? I'd like to know.View attachment 102947
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I believe that is a drill press vice. The swivel part is to hold objects of different shapes.
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https://www.amazon.com/414-Drill-Press-Vice-100mm/dp/B0002JT50U

 

[farmersamm]

Not such a great design. Anything that causes the jaw to swivel very much will want to "squirt" out the side of the vise. You need straight line force to hold anything in a vise.

More correctly, the swivel allows for any minor misalignment in the screw/jaw when clamping a regular shaped piece........square, rectangular, round(in the notches).

Might just be the description is wrong on Amazon.

Try it out on a weird shaped piece of stock, etc....................... Be interesting to see if it actually works as claimed.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

I had the exact same vise some years ago . Frankly I found it to be a pain in the proverbial. This could have been due to my own inexperience I suppose . Record make nice tools but i found this one annoying, I never really held anything securely. I now use a Dawn straight jawed drill press vise .

 

[will-max dairy]

Question: How to use?

Answer: Put stuff in the jaws... tighten big screw-shaped thing... Do things to the stuff in the jaws while it's held immobile...loosen big screw-shaped thing...remove modified stuff from jaws. Operation is successful if only stuff in jaws in modified, and you are not modified by it slipping out.

Answer in modern product instruction language:
Jaws parts receiving modify with tool. Clamp tightening wrench is possible. Vice holding tool shaping duration. Removing from clamp completed assembly. Injurious responsibility having none supplier vice.

 

[stdsch40]

I find it to be problematic too. That is why I asked the question thought maybe it had some special purpose. It doesn't really hold odd shapes securely, they tend to pop out. Oh well only paid $10 for it. Going back to the old straight jaw vise.

 

[will-max dairy]

I find it to be problematic too. That is why I asked the question thought maybe it had some special purpose. It doesn't really hold odd shapes securely, they tend to pop out. Oh well only paid $10 for it. Going back to the old straight jaw vise.

I think all is not lost. For 10 bucks, I would mount it somewhere that you can take advantage of the long notch in it to hold pieces of small pipe and tubing for various operations.

 

[will-max dairy]

I find it to be problematic too. That is why I asked the question thought maybe it had some special purpose. It doesn't really hold odd shapes securely, they tend to pop out. Oh well only paid $10 for it. Going back to the old straight jaw vise.

Also... all joking aside. I know Record as a tool maker, more from my dalliances into the woodworking world, than the farm shop. This vice should do a Jim Dandy job of holding pieces of wood, especially for the drill press.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

I think it would hold okay at maybe 15 degree taper but not at 45 and would depend on the material. Most drill presses are fixed paralell jaws so this would give you some leeway. IMHO

 

[drsportster]

A swivel vise is one where you can turn the work Rotates when you turn it Like a gun engraver vise Swivels around

 

[stdsch40]

Most websites refer to it as a swivel vise, not sure what other names it might have but I do get your point.