What is a good size and possible brand vise for the Smithy 3-1

[Dataporter]

As people have said above, a vise like this
Shars Vise
I what you need IMO

 

[twhite]

A bit of shameless promotion. You might want to look at this.

Benchmaster Vise to trade
In the trade section. I tried a link. That did

 

[jmkasunich]

When I had a Smithy the best thing I found was a 3" 'screwless' grinding vise - I think I even got it from Smithy. My Smithy has been gone 20+ years, but I still have, and use, that vise. The vise that comes with a Smithy is junk - it's completely inadequate for milling and I can see a lot of people blaming themselves while it's the work walking all over the place.

GsT

Another vote for the screwless grinding vise. That's what I use on my Shoptask 3-in-1. I have a 4" Kurt but it doesn't really fit the table very well, I use it on my bigger machines.

Something very important to keep in mind: most of these 3-in-1 machines have very limited quill travel and the milling spindle is way above the table. I have to mount my vise on riser blocks that are about 3" tall to do just about anything. When you are considering vises, think about how yo will mount them.

 

[twhite]

Does anybody make 2 piece vises for these. That would be a great option for maximizing Z along with a large Y clamping ability.


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