Are they the same diameter/spacing? can't tell that from the pics. 
Tool Nerds, Questions and Tool Snobbery
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I don't know. That's why I'm asking. I figured if someone had both, maybe they could compareAre they the same diameter/spacing? can't tell that from the pics.
Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
www.orangevise.com
@bullcrew you're up
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
www.orangevise.com
@bullcrew you're up
Rather have a Emmert universal bench vise.Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
@bullcrew you're up
Someday I might get a wilton.
Yeah I'd buy it for the cool factor..way precision...I do like CNC work and I love precision...it's an art form and when executed right makes me want it...must touch vise!!!!Don't need, won't buy, but kind of want.
Original Bench Vise
An American manufacturer of premium single and dual station CNC machine vises, machinable quick-change soft jaws, and quick-change fixturing solutions.
@bullcrew you're up
I have a Wilton tradesman that I've been hammering on for 15 years...son of a bitch is still flawless...(Maybe not precision lol)
My Wilton has
Helped build race cages , suspension, welding, grinding, notching, fixxed a crap ton of misc stuff and handled thousands of shocks, dampers, etc for repair...has a hammer flat that I've used countless times to deform and shape edges, plates and over correct..
Best third hand I've had ..most used single tool I have ever had...
Oh I have so many dirty comments that I'm refraing from, lol that last comment leave it easy to do ..
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I've got a 70's era 1755 that I bought used. Its good, but the base needed replacing as the teeth stripped out so it no longer stays locked. I can still source a base from Wilton but it's $150. Ouch.
If I were doing it over again, I'd spend a little extra for the C series with a more robust base and superior locking mechanism. Some day I'll pony up for an 8" jaw behemoth.
I pulled my Wilton out of a delipitated barn and had a friend powder coat it with whatever he had loaded up. I bought some China jaws online for it.
Phwoar, look at the length of that handle!
That's a vise made for doing stuff.
EDIT- What are the wires coming out of the freezer seal?
That's a vise made for doing stuff.
EDIT- What are the wires coming out of the freezer seal?
That freezer had some sensors in it that needed to be kept at 36* F so that was a lil thermostat plugged into the power cord that cycled the freezer to keep it a cooler.
That facility and job sound like a dream.
Being in Eureka, not so much.
We stayed in town just long enough to know we shouldn't stay in that town. Which was the time it took for us to eat lunch.