TEXALAN 4-Inch Drill Press X-Y Compound Vise 2 Way Heavy Duty Cross Slide Vise Clamp Machine

Works good and can be used how it is. However the handles do tend to fall off if not tightened and it will only go to slightly past center. DON'T expect it to freely move left and right.. it only goes Right and center. Won't move past center.

This is not a top of the line cross slide vise.But for $80, it works amazing. If you just need a good vise for your drill press, and being able to adjust workpiece.Again, not a Wilton but for $80 amazing. Hardly any backlash, held stock in place drilling no issues. Very heavy, well built.

I bought this to use with my Skil table top drill press.Haven't used as of yet. But a very nice piece of equipment.

The price is pretty good, the vice had play in the slides, I tried to adjust the slop in the vice and it just made it bind up, the collars with set screws kept loosening, so I ended up putting lock tight on the set screws, my opinion is I was really hopeful when I purchased it, with the few issues I have with it binding up and with how it's got play in the worm threads I'm probably going to find a better quality vise because I feel I can't be precise with this one.

I knew that i was going to have to clean and lubricate this vise but, I also had to use a mill file and a stone to smooth the roughly machined surfaces. it is barely usable for holding wood pieces for drilling. When I attempted to do anything with drilling into angle iron it vibrated and the the screws for adjusting the slides would not hold. The poor reviews for this vice including mine, can't properly describe how poorly manufactured the vice is. Unfortunately It's too late to get my money back. don't waste yours on this vise.

It is solid! The adjustments allow for a near perfect slide. I suggest taking the slides apart, cleaning them & re-lubricating. The last thing, it’s bigger than I thought. Takes up my whole drilling platform. I wish the vice went with the upper slide, instead of across.

I purchased this X/Y vice for probably the same reason everyone purchases it. After waiting nearly 2 weeks for it to finally arrive, delaying the job I needed it for, I received the package which was heavily beat up and torn down the side.Nonetheless, I saw styrofoam so I figured the vice was protected. I was wrong.When I opened the package, the foam was really just there to keep the top half from moving. None of the rest was secure at all.My first true annoyance was seeing the plastic handles. If you studied the product pictures like I did, you probably notice they're metal... Not the case. These are brittle plastic and one was already broken when I removed it from the box.As I really needed to get this job done, continued on and attempted to affix the vice to my milling table. None of the notches along the bottom would aline so I made a bracket and fixed the vice to it, then the bracket to the table.Then I noticed the real problem. This vice is configured wrong. The crank handle for the vice jaws is on the back side, with the jaws running along the x axis. The control for the Y axis is on the front side. X axis is on the left side. This means, to have the jaws open the way they need to, the way every other vice I've ever seen opens, the crank handle it already into the back side of whatever you have it mounted to. It's completely unusable on a table. Now, mounted to an open bench, it may work fine, but not for anyone needing to drill or mill or use the X/Y axis for what it's meant for.Moreover, the span of which this thing can move is heavily offset. Just to get your jaws under a drill head, you're 75% out of throw on the y axis and 100% on the x axis.It's a high likelihood I'll be returning this paperweight and getting something better.

I really like this cross vise, its cheaper than most, but is heavy and does the job flawlessly. It does have dials to the 1000ths but mine are wobbly, i honestly dont use them so it doesnt bother me. For the money it has a lot of value .