timo4352 Posted March 23, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 23, 2014 Hey guys - I just took a chance and ordered this Proxxon vise. It seemed a little better made than some. A few bucks more - I hope it's worth it. Anybody used one? Do you like it? I needed something for the Pinky build I'm working on now. I'll of course let you all know my impressions once I get it and try it out. Tim Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md1400cs Posted March 23, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 23, 2014 Tim, I have one, however mine has the suction pad base. Very useful vice. You will like it, especially when you need to put your ship in "unusual attitudes" very secure product. Also a big plus are the rubber jaw guards. Thumbs up ! Michael Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo4352 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted March 23, 2014 Thanks Michael. Good to know. I chose this base over the suction base. You can take the clamp off and bolt it down also, if you wish. I'm thinking I'll bolt it to a hefty working board and use it that way. Does your suction base work OK for you? Those kind of things never seem to hold for me reliably. I was worried about it coming loose at an unopportune time. Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted March 24, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 24, 2014 I have a 5" vice that I mounted on the end of a 1" X 12" X 3' pine board some time ago, very handy and other than weighing about 50# is easy to move around. If I need it solid, I use C Clamps to anchor the board. I would expect good results if you mount your new vice on a board, If you need it more solid, well there are always C Clamps. jud PS: If wondering why I mounted mine on the end of the board, it was so I could swing the jaws out and be clear of the board if I needed to clamps something vertically. I did not narrow the board on the vice end that would be an improvement for some things but leaving the board full width helps stabilize the thing when not clamped down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md1400cs Posted March 24, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Thanks Michael. Good to know. I chose this base over the suction base. You can take the clamp off and bolt it down also, if you wish. I'm thinking I'll bolt it to a hefty working board and use it that way. Does your suction base work OK for you? Those kind of things never seem to hold for me reliably. I was worried about it coming loose at an unopportune time. Tim, Yes it does work very well, but only after one accident in which the ship fell when the suction pad gave way, and ended on its side still attached to the vice. I have since purchased a piece of glass approx 10x10x 1/4" (beveled edges). I super clean the rubber suction base of any dust or other bits, and clean off the glass. Now the base is alway firmly in place and stays secure. The glass allows me to move the vice around a pit more. But space was my big issue. I have no room in which to permanently attach it where it would be useful, so suction was a perfect solution. PS: YES the rubber pad is removable and there are screw slots at each of the triangle ends for bolting. I think that it also came with three bolts for that purpose. MIchael Edited March 24, 2014 by md1400cs Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Coleman Posted March 25, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 25, 2014 I have a suction cup vice that worked well only for 10 or so minutes then it would loosen. So now I have it mounted onto a board. If I was to buy another i would do away with suction cups altogether. Quote Regards, Scott Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli Completed builds: 1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli - 1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli - 1:54 Adventure, Amati - 1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL 1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli - 1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel - 1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal Awaiting construction: 1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL - 1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo4352 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted March 28, 2014 My vise arrived today and I am impressed! This thing is really built well. I like that when you open it up the jaws do not flop around at all. Very precise feeling. The only thing I could complain about was the screw that goes in the bottom of the ball was not in place from the factory. Of course all I have to do is tighten the screw and that's good to go. A little grease on the clamp screw and ball and socket, and she'll be good to go. I got the clamp on / or screw down base. I have no trust in suction cup thingies. I'm very pleased with this purchase. Thanks for the replies, guys. Tim Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo4352 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted March 29, 2014 One last addition here for the benefit of future modelers searching for info on this vise - I made up some extended jaws for the vise. They take the place of the metal jaws. They came out at around 9-1/2" long - just happened to be the size stock I had work with at the time. Now there is a much wider grip on the keel. A couple pics: janos and riverboat 2 Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAd My Fingers Posted March 29, 2014 Share #9 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Tim, in reference to your 2nd picture above: When the ball is in that position, can it freely rotate? In other words, in that picture could you rotate the ball so that your ship and vice jaws are vertical? My current vice's ball "locks in" at that position, and thus I can't rotate the vice to other angles, which is often not helpful! Thanks for the great review and your input! Cheers, Jay Edited March 29, 2014 by JMaitri Quote Current Build: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsl_01 Posted March 29, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 29, 2014 Hi Timo, I also got this very useful tool and did it use for the build of my Half Moon most all the time. I am very Content with it and say: For about 25 Euros you will NOT get any better than this. Multifunctional, secure, reliable - more you dont Need. I only can reecommend it. Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo4352 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted March 29, 2014 Tim, in reference to your 2nd picture above: When the ball is in that position, can it freely rotate? In other words, in that picture could you rotate the ball so that your ship and vice jaws are vertical? My current vice's ball "locks in" at that position, and thus I can't rotate the vice to other angles, which is often not helpful! Thanks for the great review and your input! Cheers, Jay Jay, You can rotate it a full 360 degrees, and lock it in any position in between in that horizontal position. To add to Max's comment - i forgot to say the vise is made in Germany. Seems it's always quality stuff coming out of Germany. maggsl_01 and CAd My Fingers 2 Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAd My Fingers Posted March 29, 2014 Share #12 Posted March 29, 2014 Tim, thanks for your answer--very much appreciated! I am definitely sold and will purchase one--that lack of rotation in my current vice is exceptionally frustrating (to the Goodwill it goes). Thanks again, Jay Quote Current Build: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsl_01 Posted March 29, 2014 Share #13 Posted March 29, 2014 Hi Jay you are doing right to buy it - its like the third hand the Lord forgot to give to us I did not regret the spending for this tool Cheerio Max CAd My Fingers 1 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAd My Fingers Posted March 29, 2014 Share #14 Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks, Max--looking forward to this replacement vice, esp. after reading all these great reviews--definitely need this "third hand" in my arsenal of tools! Cheers, Jay Quote Current Build: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo4352 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted March 29, 2014 One more suggestion, Jay Consider this clamp on / bolt down type. It doesn't sound like the suction cup base type can be trusted to hold from what others have said. I guess that one can also be bolted down if you wish... I originally thought I would be bolting mine down to a working board, but since I'm still working on the kitchen table this clamp on job is perfect for now. Tim CAd My Fingers 1 Quote Tim "That's a fine looking pair of oars you got there, Sir"" 'em aint 'ores --- that's me wife and me daughter! " Current build: Glad Tidings Pinky Schooner Past builds: 1:1 Stick-Up Sharpie Build Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Timo4352 - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder Gunning Dory sail & oar boat 1:1 Future Build: Scratch built Mower Dory - scale undetermined yet another future build: Martha - Chesapeake draketail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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