7-Inch Quick-Release Woodworking Vise by Shop Fox - D4327

Darrel Steinhour: It racks quite a bit under a side load. And the jaws were not parallel after mounting. Had to shim the wooden insert for the front jaw.

Still - I'm happy with it. It's not a $400 vise after all.

United States on Jan 06, 2022

Ian Sinclair: A well made product that does what it's supposed to.

Canada on Aug 16, 2021

Cliente frecuente: Muy latoso de instalar, no por el diseño del aparato, sino por su descuido en la construcción, la artesanía y el control de calidad en la fabricación. Las mordazas no están frezadas en el mismo grosor y por lo tanto no cierran parejo y por tanto hay que nivelarlas con las caras de madera que se agregan.
En la parte posterior el vaciado no está rectificado y por tanto es muy difícil instalarlo haciendo que quede nivelado y en escuadra en la plataforma del banco de trabajo.
Pienso que son aspectos que obligatoriamente hay que resolver, si la prensa llegará perfectamente en escuadra en todas sus caras no sería mayor problema su montaje.
Saludos cordiales.

Mexico on May 27, 2021

Paul Pardee: Both the product description and the manual say that this vise will fit a workbench 2-1/4" thick without a shim. This is wrong. I did a test fit and saw that it wouldn't sit flush with my 2-1/4" benchtop, so I tried it with a 1/4" shim and it looked good. I installed it with that shim and it's STILL proud by about 1/32". Since the back face of the vise requires wood screws to install, I can't just throw a small shim under it and reinstall it unless I move it or fill the holes. I'm going to have to file the vise down if I keep it.

The quick-release mechanism intermittently skips as well. Mind you, I installed this vise minutes ago. This skipping makes it impossible to open/close the vise until the mechanism decides to catch. With my limited experience, it appears if you tighten the vise "too much", the quick-release will skip, preventing you from opening the vise.

And you HAVE to tighten it "too much" to hold work securely because the jaws aren't parallel. You can fix this by adding pads to it and make the pads parallel, but you shouldn't have to.

The vise can only be described as "crusty". The entire vise, screw and all, are covered in...

United States on Mar 12, 2021

Justin H.Justin H.: Vise works good but face plates dont line up parellel, the tilt towards top though and may be meant to be like that? Dont see it being a huge issue and quick release is nice so pretty solid for the price.

Canada on Jan 20, 2021

rick crawford: bought two for my new bench, great product and great value

Canada on Dec 04, 2020

John A Merlino: The media could not be loaded.  This was a great by for the money spent. it is sturdy, precision ground faces and easy to operate. I love the quick release on it, super quick, super easy to operate and the thing installed so easily. Mym mistake however was not mortising the bottom into the bench to drive hte jaws all the way to the top edge of my bench resulting in the extension dog to be usable. I can easily fix this by just milling a new dog for the jaw and extend it up 3/4", all solved and easy fix.

United States on Feb 25, 2020

Edgar 1: Es muy bueno y nuevo

Mexico on Mar 19, 2019

billyburger: This vise rocks. I was able to install it on my own, but I disassembled it first so I could handle the part that fixes to my workbench more easily. If you try this yourself, be sure to carefully note how the quick-release mechanism functions so you can reassemble the parts correctly. It could be tricky getting the parts back together otherwise, I believe. I took some photos of the fully-extended rig, using my iPad camera, before I took it apart. It works quite well, as advertised, and I feel I made a very good choice. Very nice price, and the engineering is good.

United States on Jul 20, 2017

Luke Bayes: The vice is excellent. It's high quality, sturdy and holds materials perfectly.

Some notes:

1) It does not come with mounting hardware, so you'll need to pick up 1/2" diameter bolts to mount it.

2) The edges are quite sharp, I ran a file over most of the edges after slicing my finger on one of them, now it's great.

3) The rear mounts are slots, which make for really easy installation, kudos to the engineers!

United States on Mar 03, 2017