Forward 5-Inch Bench Vise with Anvil and Swivel Base

Most garage frustration is trying to hold something still and work on it at the same time. A proper vise ends that, and the word proper matters: cast-iron, five-inch jaws, a 360-degree swivel base and an anvil face for the jobs that want a hammer. The cheap ones have cast-aluminium bodies that crack the first time somebody puts a pipe on the handle. A thousand ratings at 4.7. It needs bolting down through the bench, which people put off and then do once. Pipe jaws underneath for round stock.

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