HEIZO Woodworking Bench Vise for Workbench, Table Vise Clamp-On Vise, Multi-functional Combined Vise with Quick Adjustment for Woodworking, Cutting Conduit, Drilling, Metalworking

This little vise fits perfectly on my table, works like a charm and is easy to use for my woodworking crafts … I don’t need anything larger. Plus, it’s fun to use

Got this today because I’m drilling out a bunch of washers with a step bit and I was finding it hard to hold in my normal vice. The four posts that stick up out of the vice worked perfectly. Two things The handle doesn’t have much grip And the body of the vice is actually plastic so if you clamp heavy duty It may not hold. For the price, it worked just great

Summary - Fantastic small vice, especially for small living spaces (like an RV), or inability to permanently mount a vice.Pros:* Small, Light, and Portable - This vice is smaller than I expected. It's not tiny, but the jaw-width is 3.25 inches, height (from table) is 2.0 inches and total length (including handle) is 12.25 inches.* Smooth operation - Overall, all of the operations are smooth so far. It has decent clapming force, but perhaps not quite on the same level as a bench-vice.* Table Mount - The table mount allows you to easily add and remove it from any table up to about 2 inches thick. It operates like most table mounts* Non-Rectangular Clamp - The posts on the top allow you to clamp some items of unusual non-flat shapes (see photo).Cons/Mixed:* Medium-Light Duty - This won't provide the same clamping force or utility as a dedicated, permanently mounted bench vice.* Non Rotating - Many bench-vices can be rotated. This one is only in the direction of the table.* Metal Posts Easy to Lose - The 4 metal posts in the top of the vice aren't really "secured" so if you remove the vice from the table, pick it up at an angle, your posts might fall out and roll across the floor under a nearby couch, rock, or other item. I managed to lose a post in the first few minutes of having the vice, though thankfully I found it again. I'd recommend either gluing the posts, adding some kind of material around the posts inside the vice for friction, or if you happen to have small magnets around, glue 4 of them in the bottom.* No transport container/bag - Because there are several individual parts, you'll want to keep them together somehow. You could close the clamp to hold the two table-mounts, however the 4 posts you'll probably want to glue them in as I mentioned above.So long as you're aware of what you're buying, this is about a 4.5 star small portable vice. However, if you have a more permanent workbench setup, I'd probably go with a more typical vice.

It may seem like an odd observation but very often being able to work with woodworking pieces successfully means having a stable way to hold parts that are, often, oddly shaped, in a way that you can shave, carve, cut, etc. without the piece actually moving.On my worktable, I have bench dogs that do this, but often bench dogs either won't work with smaller pieces or can actually damage the piece you are trying to hold. The Heizo Bench vise is well designed to hold these pieces firmly when a workbench and dogs will not work.Example, I have a drawer part I was making that was oddly shaped. If I used a bench dog on it, the impressions from the pressure of the dogs would likely have remained forever. I used this Heizo vise grip and it help the part, let me shape it and perfect it and afterwards, there were no marks or disfigurements in the piece.All in all, it did exactly what I'd hoped, did it well and I'm glad I have this as an addition to my workshop. Its easy to use, surprisingly versatile and well made. I expect it to last for a long time. I recommend it if you have a workshop and sometimes work with small pieces or with pieces that are too awkward to fit well into a normal workbench/workdog configuration.

The media could not be loaded. The price is great, and it fills a need for those of us without dedicated workbenches. However, I have to factor in a couple of things. It still moves when clamped down securely. Also, at least one of the bottom screws were over driven, creating a sharp bur that stuck out beyond the well it was in. As a result, it scratched my desk up bad. Luckily I'm making a new desk next year and don't care about this one. Had this been an nice desk, I'm not sure what I'd think or how I'd rate it, but most probably it would be not good.

Flimsy. Wood slips from clamp. The clamps that clamp to table are very flimsy. The entire product is absolute garbage. It’s so lightweight it can’t hold anything correctly. The adjusting is a pain and forget trying to maneuver at an angle. After 5 minutes I cut myself from the wood loosing its grip while I was using a chisel. Returning this piece of crap.

I ordered this device for its unique ability to hold irregularly shaped objects. The pins in the jaws allow you to clamp round and oddly shaped objects, and by removing one of the guide rails, you can clamp triangular or other long pieces with odd angles. All of this is shown in the photos.Unfortunately, the photos also show much heavier woodworking and metal working activities. This vice will not withstand the vibration and abuse from those tasks for very long. Each jaw is made of two pieces of plastic screwed together. It will not take too much heavy sawing or drilling on conduit or wood to break those jaws or loosen those screws.I wish that I had had this vice when I was building models and assembling electronics as a kid. Just don’t try to saw conduit!