Wilton 3-Inch Cross-Slide Drill Press Vise (CS3)

It's foreign made which was a little disappointing coming from a brand like Wilton but overall it's a good vice and works well. Can't really beat it for the price.

Great price point for this 4” precision vise. Great for DIY projects that require drilling, this is a great step towards achieving professional results. I am very happy I stuck with the Wilton brand.

I spent a lot of time reviewing cross slide vises and reading a lot of reviews. They all said the vise needed to be disassembled and cleaned. Several talked about quality control issues. Poor castings, bent or missing parts and machining marks left on the ways. NONE of the reviewers on this vise, mentioned quality control issues. That along with the brand name led me to purchase this vise. When I received the vise I looked the shipping box over closely. I found no damage. I opened the container and removed the vise looking for any imperfections. I found NO Casting Imperfections. I disassembled and cleaned the vise reassembled with small amounts of grease. It did take a few minutes to adjust the tension on the ways/tables. This I believe is a personal thing. I have used the vise and is works very smoothly and made drilling duplicate holes in 1/4" steel very easy. Another quality product by WILTON and AMAZON.

For this much money, what you get is headaches! The vise is sloppy or too tight, you cannot adjust the ways such that you get rid of slop, and if you do, you can't move the vise. It will not stay centered and there are no locks to keep it centered. The threads are ridiculously sloppy as well and I repeatedly have "walking" drill bits as much as an 1/8". I really wish I would have spent the $90 on the Wen or something similar because I definitely got ripped off with this purchase. Buyer beware!!

The best cross slide vise ive used . I will admit that i had to disassemble it and clean up some of the surfaces with a wire wheel to get nice smooth and free operation. It was well worth the time and effort to have a machinists quality vice for about 1/4-1/3 of the price. I have even used supposed machinist vices that were in the $300-$400 range that were not near as precise or tightly toleranced. If you are willing to put in the minimal amount of effort to clean up a few rough edges,adjust the slip plates,and oil it. Its a definite must have. Wilton quality is why all 5 of my vises are Wilton. I know i may sound like a spokesperson for them,but when I use a tool that is of good quality, I personally think that props are in order. Ive had to use a lot of junk over the years(what I refer to as single use tools) as in you use it once or twice and its junk. This is not one of those. Oh , and for the price, you couldn't beat it with a stick(metaphoricly speaking of course). Did I spell metaphoricly right? Hmmmph doesnt look right does it? Oh well, who gives $#!t.

I have just received my new Wilton 4" cross slide drill press vise, and I was a little disapointed in it right out of the box. First off it had been handled roughly and the box was damaged and left on my back porch long before I found it was there. So I could not just tell the UPS driver to take it back, as it was obvious the shipping container was torn up. I opened it and found that it all appeared to be there and then after closer examination found that one of the cross slide cast iron cranks was broken and laying in the bottom of the box with a couple of small nuts and washers for mounting the cranks. They had all fallen out of the plastic reclosable bag and one of them that holds the crank handle in the cast iron ball, had broken off cleanly. I considered just boxing it back up and sending it back, when I looked at the warranty card and decided to just call Wilton as the Amazon website suggested, to get a replacement part if availabale. No luck the lady in Wiltons customer service department informed me that it was a pretty "Low cost Item" and they did not show any repair parts for it, even though it is 100% lifetime guarenteed. This Low cost drill press vise cost me $119.00 and change, not too cheap in my book. I took a look at the broken part and because I have some skills as a machinist and mechanic, I will build a new crank assmbly for it myself from some scrap metal I have in my garage shop. I would not have ordered it if I didn't need to use it soon and waiting for a return was out of the question. I adjusted the gibbs and it will work for most anything I need but it will force me to use my Milling machine for more accurate and precise drilling, that I was trying to get away from. Wilton used to be a really well made vise, now I am not real sure it isn't just another cheap knock off from China. I don't think I would recommend it to any of my friends, as it is just an OK tool at best. If I had wanted a cheaply made Harbor Freight vise I would have bought one there.

Like the reviews say, take it apart and clean it. I used it several times on my drill press to key small shafts and finally had to tighten 2 of the screws to keep it from slopping, but for the price you would expect to have to do a little something. Overall, its a great product. There is minor play in the main turn handle, but unless your ready to spend some bucks, it is definitely something that can be dealt with.

Was exactly what I wanted. Fast delivery and service. Very sturdy product. I new addition to my little shop. Thank you very much. Looking forward to more of your products come my way or test or whatever I do both.