Show us your bench vice(s)

[Maker]

When you turn the handle, does the screw turn or is the screw stationary and the nut is built into the tube and that turns?

 

[CRB]

I like how they've kept the leadscrew enclosed for as far as possible. Not a make I've ever heard of, Gressel. That's the first I've ever seen. It's an impressive looking piece of kit.

Still in business making all sorts of vices. http://www.gressel.ch/en/main/home.html

 

[Maker]

There's a 550 page PDF catalogue on that page, if you scroll right down to page 534, they have the rear sliding bench vice (All the other pages are really boring CNC machine vices).

GRESSEL PS 125-1

I found a price list PDF, it'll set you back £420 including VAT.

 

[MattF]

When you turn the handle, does the screw turn or is the screw stationary and the nut is built into the tube and that turns?

Just reread that Maker. You may note a slight logic flaw in your question.

 

[Maker]

Just reread that Maker. You may note a slight logic flaw in your question.

I don't see it. Looking at the picture, it looks like the screw is attached to the back jaw & does not turn and that tube has the nut in the end of it?

 

[bash'it]

There's a 550 page PDF catalogue on that page, if you scroll right down to page 534, they have the rear sliding bench vice (All the other pages are really boring CNC machine vices).

GRESSEL PS 125-1

I found a price list PDF, it'll set you back £420 including VAT.

ouch !

 

[MattF]

I don't see it. Looking at the picture, it looks like the screw is attached to the back jaw & does not turn and that tube has the nut in the end of it?

It's me who's thinking **** ways round now you mention it. I was thinking that was just sleeved to protect the leadscrew, but I see what you mean now, looking at it again. Hadn't considered that the sleeve might be the nut.

 

[Maker]

I think it must be, it's the only way the screw can be long enough to open that far without sticking out the back when it's closed.

 

[atconut]

the leadscrew is attached to the sliding rear jaw and the tube is threaded inside and that turns onto the leadscrew. the leadscrew does not turn. you will rarely open the vice to these extremes so the leadscrew is covered most of the time. what I like most about the gressel is the design. all smooth and rounded off with no sharp corners or square bits. I've owned it for about 15 years and never found another vice that even comes close. as for quality I think gressel just has the edge on leinen. you will rarely see either a gressel or leinen in this country due to price I think

 

[TAITSIE]

I have one of Gressel.s clamps. lovely bit of kit

 

[balmerchris]

£420 is not bad for a quality vice like that I recently bought a new record no. 36 vice for work and paid over £900 for it and am not impressed by the quality.

 

[Maker]

£420 is not bad for a quality vice like that I recently bought a new record no. 36 vice for work and paid over £900 for it and am not impressed by the quality.

That's what I thought, it's a lot of money but it's not unreasonable.

 

[atconut]

very nice taitsie I like it. the new gressel have done away with the dovetail they are now square as you can see from the earlier pics. they don't seem to do a 6" anymore the biggest they do is 125mm or 5"

 

[TAITSIE]

Brand new £20 on Gumtree a couple of years ago

 

[Maker]

very nice taitsie I like it. the new gressel have done away with the dovetail they are now square as you can see from the earlier pics. they don't seem to do a 6" anymore the biggest they do is 125mm or 5"

They do a front sliding type with 160mm jaws but not a rear sliding.

 

[atconut]

I recently sold a record 114 and new they are about a grand. over priced in my view

 

[atconut]

If gressel was widely available in this country at that price who would buy a record? saying that i'm not slagging off record they make very good vices and have done for a lot of years wonder if the standards are the same now they are owned by Irwin

 

[MattF]

If gressel was widely available in this country at that price who would buy a record?

Technically, these days, no-one buys a Record unless it's a pre 2000 or so vice. The imports which Irwin are selling these days don't even come close to the old stuff.

 

[atconut]

The clearance between the front jaw and the bench has never been an issue for me but if i have one complaint it's the clearance between the jaws and the leadscrew. a couple of times i have needed to put large items lower down in the vice but been restricted. that's where a front sliding jaw would be better as the leadscrew is inside the slide and they have a bigger gap

 

[Rig Pig]

I recently sold a record 114 and new they are about a grand. over priced in my view

I've got a 114, I have to say it's a fantastic bit of kit, it dwarfs my no6 record.