Wilton D144 Industrial Drill Press Vise - Heavy-Duty Metal Construction for Maximum Durability

Smart Shopper: It's not a Kurt costing 10 times as much but it is very functional and accurate, 10 times better than the cheap ones costing half as much. I used to have one of those cheap ones and I ended up putting it on the curb for the scrappers to pick up.

This vise is solid and exactly what you need for the drill press; the jaws are parallel and there is very little slop in the entire mechanism. Considering how cheaply made everything is tending to be these days this vise is a fantastic value for the cost. If you have been considering getting a vise for your press this is the one to get.

United States on Aug 02, 2023

Jason Ng: First impression is great. Jaws closed nicely flat and checked square.
Able to turn vise 90 degree and holding round objects in jaws are great features to have.
Clamping of vise to drill table may need additional jig or c-clamp for greater stability.

My unit rocks when seating on drill table. It's annoying, returned the unit and refund was quick.

Singapore on Jul 02, 2023

Auden GP: Excelente servicio, llegó un dia antes de la fecha estimada de entrega. En cuanto a la prensa, es Wilton, no esperaba menos que calidad Wilton. La usaré por muchos años.

Mexico on Apr 12, 2022

AC: Needed some deburring and lube out of the box. There is a little slop in the screw but it is a good vise. It doesn't have flanges to bolt it down easily but that adds the flexibility to use it on its side.

United States on Apr 10, 2022

S. Rees: This is a nice, heavy (10 lb) vise with replaceable face plates.
I like that there is no screw or guide rods below the middle of the opening. If you center your work and drill through it, you won't damage the vise. Of course there are other ways to mitigate that risk anyway.
I also really like having the machined sides and bottom so you have a right angle built in for turning work on it's side and trusting it's already angled correctly.
My vise gets a little harder to operate the further open it is - I'm not sure why, but it still works fine. I thought it was a bit bent, but figured out that when turning the screw there is a little bit of play that simply made it look like the screw was slightly bent.
It came with a reasonable but light coat of largely dried on oil. I'm not sure if it sat on a shelf in the heat forever before shipping out, but this is a classic piece of work you would find in an industrial shop or high school shop class and looks like it hasn't changed in many decades. I expect it to still look like this several decades from now and still be working fine. Not dried oil would have been nicer.

Another reviewer stated their clamp faces were out of...

United States on May 16, 2017

D. Bailey: This vise represents a great value at a very reasonable middle price point. You can get a vise for half of the cost of this one, and it will be a total piece of junk. However to get something significantly better than this vise (in the same size category) will cost at least three times the cost of this Wilton vise. Sure, it is a Chinese vise, it is not the heaviest vise, and doesn't have the tolerances of a vise that you will spend significantly more money on. With that said, the moving jaw has minimal play throughout the slide and firms up nice and square when clamping. The machined sides on this vise make it much for versatile than a vise with mount brackets, I would never go back to mount bracket vises.

I really feel like I got my moneys worth with this vise.

United States on Oct 29, 2015

Joe MooneyJoe Mooney: Most of my work is with wood, but I do some small scale metal-work and thought this might come in handy occasionally. It has. But I am surprised by how often I use this to hold small wood pieces for drilling.

What makes this vise more useful than the typical bolt-down style is the squared-off sides. It allows quick alignment of workpieces in a variety of situations. For example I can lay a block in flat, then tilt the vice up on it’s side, and be assured I’m going to drill a hole perpendicular to the end. You may also slide the vice along a fence when chain drilling a series of holes at the same offset. The precision machining and squareness are what make this possible.

The perfectly smooth jaws make it possible to securely hold wood without leaving marks in it.

With it’s 9.5 pound weight I rarely need to fasten it to the drill press table in use, as I can safely drill most holes (even in metal) holding it with just my hand. If I do need to fasten it to the table I use a couple of long reach clamps on the flat surfaces of the vice.

With one small exception the vice appears to be accurately machined as promised (see dislikes). It’s certainly true...

United States on Jul 06, 2015