I've been keeping an eye on the Kurt website looking out for one of their 'scratch and dent' sales with a view to lashing out on a 6" milling vise; they currently have a pile of DX6 vises with minor flaws at 30% discount. I rang them to discuss shipping and they won't send their 'scratch and dent' items out of the country. Disappointed but it's likely the shipping would have killed the idea anyway.
I've been wrestling with my mismatched pair of vertex K-type 'lift and squeeze' vises for too long, not interested in spending more cash on knockoff vises that I will be disappointed with so I am thinking I will spend time instead of money and make one. I have some large rectangular sections of 4140 that I think will suit the purpose well. My workshop is well enough equipped to produce a decent precision vise, only limited by my skills so it would be a good learning experience as well.
This leads to a question- what style of vise have people found gives the best anti-lift effect? I have not had experience with machine vises other than the ones I own and these are hopeless. I suspect the Kurt mechanism might be very difficult to replicate but I'm prepared to give it a crack. Wondering if there are other options that might be more achievable?


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