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Darren:
I never thought of that...... :bow:

I was planning at some point in getting one of those fake Kurts....well one day....

I like the idea of wide platforms to rest your work onto, but small items I guess would have to go at one end?
Then we have clamping problems I assume...?


Umm, so OK for larger parts but maybe not so good for smaller ones.

And then there is the "where has it gone, just had it in my hand" just say it with a cursory tone......been there too often....daily..... :ddb:

CrewCab:

--- Quote from: bogstandard on August 15, 2009, 06:15:13 PM ---BTW, the swivel is detachable. Almost everyone who has bought a K type vice has one under their bench, gathering dust.
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There's me .............  guilty of thinking "Inside the box" again  :bang:  ................. why oh why didn't I spot that  :coffee:




--- Quote from: bogstandard on August 15, 2009, 06:15:13 PM ---they are very unpopular ................Can you guess why   
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Made my night John ................ K type it is then  :thumbup:

Thank you John ................. have a dancing bunny on me

 :beer: CC

bogstandard:
Darren & Dave (done alphabetically, no favouritism),

Even the K series isn't perfect. With the Kurt type, the rest area at the jaw bottom comes out to the edges of the jaws, whereas with the K series, they don't. The Kurt has the magicians disappearing slot in the middle, the K series doesn't. You pays your money ..............

If you want the best of both worlds, you gotta pay for it. For a professional type vice, with a full width bed, expect to pay at least 10 times as much, and sometimes a lot more.


John

shred:
Interesting... on my 6" Kurt the jaws have to be more than ~4" apart before parts can be dropped below the jaws; the pull-nut casting blocks the gap until then (they do make a plate to fill the gap beyond that too, but nobody ever seems to use them).  It's a rough surface though-- I find the annoying part is you're supposed to center small parts (or pack the opposite side of the jaw), but there's no flat reference surface in the center for things like V-blocks or other non-full-length parallels.  In any case they work really well for medium-sized parts and pretty well for small ones too-- I had no difficulties milling Jenny Wren parts with mine, but really they're aimed at industrial users.  In the US these days they can be got in good shape on eBay for what new chinese clones go for, but if they're hard to come by in the UK, you're likely better off going with a ME-type vise.

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