Chinesium Strikes Again!

[Hyper_pak]

So my "Bessey" vice gave up the ghost today.
I guess I got it at Horrible Freight or Northern Offshore Handyman.
It lasted about 10 years.
I guess I was lucky.

 

[abdywgn]

do you have a close scrap yard?

 

[4spdragtop]

What caused that?

 

[Bodyperson]

Good dose of brass can fix that.

 

[Bodyperson]

What caused that?

Usually a large hammer. Am I the only guy to brake an anvil? LOL

 

[RustyRatRod]

Wow!

 

[junkyardhero]

i'm not even mad, i'm impressed!

 

[sireland67]

I had one break like that, replaced it with a Wilton, no troubles since.

 

[NoCar340]

10 years from a Dink vise isn't bad.

 

[RustyRatRod]

What caused that?

Too much sand in the casting. Trying to cheap out with less iron ore.

 

[mopar head]

Bessey name shouldn`t even be allowed to be put on that vice
Like all other good manufactures, once they offshored to Asia, they turn to ****.
I bought some nice Bessey bar clamps still made in Germany, nothing else compares.

 

[gunbunny]

My ex wife could'a busted that with a glass hammer.

 

[Johnny Mac]

I did that with a brand new one once. Don't make 'em like they used to!

 

[CFD244]

Old and forged is the only way to buy a vise.

 

[bcschief]

Some people could break ball bearings in a sand box with a rubber mallet.

 

[Hyper_pak]

do you have a close scrap yard?

Yes I do and it went there yesterday!

 

[Righty Tighty]

Most vises these days are made for people who don't know which end of a hammer to hold. You did good to get 10 years out of it.

Heck, even Wiltons aren't indestructible. This guy has a few videos putting vises to the test --

 

[hemi71x]

I must be lucky, and or, a happy camper with the bench vice that i purchased at Harbor Freight, ever since I've been in this house, 14 years now.
I beat on that thing all the time in the way that i remove the bushing shell, from the shaft, on the Mopar car, lower control arms that i rebuild.
I"ll keep my fingers crossed, that i won't kill it. lol.

 

[Big.J.007]

I lucked into an old Wilton years ago from an estate sale.. I need to build a stand for it to use more often

 

[Bodyperson]

I lucked into an old Wilton years ago from an estate sale.. I need to build a stand for it to use more often

Chunk of culvert. splash of concrete and a forged I beam. Bingo

 

[Bodyperson]

Its really nice to have a vise outside the shop. Heating things seem so much safer too. Doesn't stink up the shop.

 

[Bodyperson]

I use mine as a backup sensor too. Lol

 

[CFD244]

Heating things seem so much safer too

Not with that ground cover

 

[Bodyperson]

Not with that ground cover

Not very volatile. It does require some shovels and buckets. lol

 

[convx4]

Back in April I broke my Grandpa's 1940's vice.
I was trying to take off a jet ski's prop.