4-Inch Wilton CS4 Cross-Slide Drill Press Vise (11694)

Dave Gallays: Was exactly what I wanted. Fast delivery and service. Very sturdy product. I new addition to my little shop. Thank you very much. Looking forward to more of your products come my way or test or whatever I do both.

Canada on Dec 11, 2023

Jerry: Appears way to cheap for a product with a $259 list price,paid $107.49 on black Friday sale, not sure if it was even worth that, spent hours working on improving it's performance to a maybe 3 star item. Having invested so much time on it, not sure if I will return it or not.

A bit disappointing!

Update:

The cranking handles finally excepted oil and are working way better, I was able to re-engineer the V-Track rail system so it no longer constantly jambs up, and the clamping shim plate no longer slides out as well, I can now tighten them to very close tolerances and have very little play, and they no longer ever jamb up, the cross slide drill press vise tool is now usable and worth keeping.

United States on Dec 04, 2023

OB1: This is a robust device, does its job to hold material

United States on Apr 15, 2023

Jim E.: I spent a lot of time reviewing cross slide vises and reading a lot of reviews. They all said the vise needed to be disassembled and cleaned. Several talked about quality control issues. Poor castings, bent or missing parts and machining marks left on the ways. NONE of the reviewers on this vise, mentioned quality control issues. That along with the brand name led me to purchase this vise. When I received the vise I looked the shipping box over closely. I found no damage. I opened the container and removed the vise looking for any imperfections. I found NO Casting Imperfections. I disassembled and cleaned the vise reassembled with small amounts of grease. It did take a few minutes to adjust the tension on the ways/tables. This I believe is a personal thing. I have used the vise and is works very smoothly and made drilling duplicate holes in 1/4" steel very easy. Another quality product by WILTON and AMAZON.

United States on Aug 22, 2020

Gary: I thought I would save some money and bought the slightly larger HFT cross slide vise. That was terrible. I returned it and bought this Wilton.

For one, this 4-inch size is reasonable for your typical garage size drill press. A larger size makes it unreasonable if you have anything smaller than an 18-inch table.

The quality of the Wilton is so much better than any import vise. The knob design, finish, smoothness, and everything is better.

You will need to adjust the gibs until this slides nicely with no play. It arrived a bit tight for me (too tight to rotate the handle with ease). After spraying some lithium grease on the dovetails and loosening up the gib screws a bit, it's like a dream. Smooth as butter.

United States on Feb 27, 2017

Clay: Yes, this is another inexpensive vise. However, I knew that when I purchased it as everyone who buys this and does proper research should know. If you want excellent quality, you have to pay for it or find a much older USA one. I only wanted a vise to hold and maneuver my parts on my drill press without having to clamp and reclamp them several times. Well, my spindle was bent on the end and didnt turn as smooth when I got to the very end of one side. I didnt care to much because I know its a cheap vise and it was going to served its purpose. But for the hell of it I called the company that makes Wilton vices- WALTER MEIER- and they were very helpfull on the phone. All they wanted was a copy of my purchase order off the Amazon purchase screen. So I printed it out, scanned it and e-mailed it to them. Two hours later the woman e-mailed me back and told me that they dont have replacement spindles in stock (my guess is that they are china made) and that they will ship me a new vise out in the morning. They told me to keep the old one. So I now have an extra vise that I can keep at home for my home drill press. I got the new vise 3 days later. Im keeping the old one...

United States on Feb 06, 2013