My main vise.

stansblue72 said
Although I have lots of vises this thread is about my bench vise.
Yesterday I broke my 4" vise so I started looking for a new one.
Looked at Harbor freights vises, then looked at them on Amozon.com.

Then thought I'd look on craigs list to see if there was anything.
The first ad that popped up was for a 5" bench vise that was still in its box and had never been used. Got it for $25 bucks.

Rotates 360 degrees and has a pipe vise under the jaws. It is made in china but for the price I couldn't pass it up.

I have that same vise and have been using it for about 4-5 years. The only thing that broke are the pins that run through the turntable locking bolts. They're made of some super inferior grade of something resembling metal. I just knocked them out and drilled the bolt pin holes to accept a 3/8" grade 5 bolt.

grimreaper said
I went to a garage sale last week where there was a 6" Wilton vice. When I spotted it I started heading toward it and another guy cut right in front of me and slid up to it like a base runner coming home in a baseball game. I figured if he was that serious he could just as well have it. He got a great vice for $45.00! Deals are out there...but sometimes you gotta be fast!

I'd have tripped his *** and tagged him out. :snakeman: That Wilton is 250 bucks + new.