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Rockingdodge	03/09/2021 19:32:47
396 forum posts 111 photos	I'm starting to set up my new to me mill, it has a table size of 800 x 240mm. I currently have a small 'toolmakers' vice with 3" x 4" jaw opening, I want to get a mill vice to fit on the table but don't really know what size to go for, 5" or 6" with the commensurate overhang or keep to a vice that stays within the boundaries of the table. Thanks Roger
Dave S	03/09/2021 19:56:19
433 forum posts 95 photos	I’ve never had a problem with the 6” (ish -160mm) vice on my TOS. Table is 10” wide Dave
Nigel McBurney 1	03/09/2021 20:51:11
1101 forum posts 3 photos	A 6 inch English Abwood vice is very heavy,depends on age nd fitness to lift it onto the mill, I use a 4 inch vice on my Elliott 00 omnimill.
Tony Pratt 1	03/09/2021 21:03:31
2319 forum posts 13 photos	A 6" vice is most appropriate for a table your size. Tony
Baz	03/09/2021 21:44:49
1033 forum posts 2 photos	Size of vice depends on size of work being held in it.
Martin Connelly	04/09/2021 08:34:49
2549 forum posts 235 photos	I have a 6" Abwood and am starting to think about a small hoist system for it. I have a 4" vice that is about half the weight but sometimes you just need the bigger one for a job. The 9" swivel based one hasn't been moved for a long time. Martin C
Richard Millington	04/09/2021 09:34:50
101 forum posts 9 photos	I have just sold a 4" Abwood as it was too big for my Centec and I lost too much table movement with it fitted. Opened to 2 3/4", weighed 12 kg.

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