Best Bench Vise? $60 vs $500 “Unbreakable” Vise? Irwin, Yost, Wilton, Ridgid, Heuer, Central Forge

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  @ProjectFarm · 2 years ago · pinned

  Here’s the list of products reviewed. More details in the video description. Thank you! <br>Heuer: <a href="https://amzn.to/3A7LkHa">https://amzn.to/3A7LkHa </a><br>Ridgid: <a href="https://amzn.to/3XahqvR">https://amzn.to/3XahqvR </a><br>Yost: <a href="https://amzn.to/3trowOK">https://amzn.to/3trowOK </a><br>Wilton: <a href="https://amzn.to/3O2TiHc">https://amzn.to/3O2TiHc </a><br>Baileigh: <a href="https://amzn.to/3UUoLxE">https://amzn.to/3UUoLxE </a><br>Irwin: <a href="https://amzn.to/3NZiWfX">https://amzn.to/3NZiWfX </a><br>Forward: <a href="https://amzn.to/3fYghqc">https://amzn.to/3fYghqc </a><br>Central Forge: Available at Harbor Freight <br>Olympia: <a href="https://amzn.to/3g38szE">https://amzn.to/3g38szE </a><br>Myoyay: <a href="https://amzn.to/3tmOdQy">https://amzn.to/3tmOdQy</a>

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  @WayneRandall · 3 years ago

  I&apos;ve made a few smart purchases and many smart non-purchases because of your tests. &nbsp;You are definitely the go to guy for honest tool reviews in real world situations.

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  @maxcactus7 · 3 years ago

  So many of us enjoy Project Farms videos, but few of us realize how much money, time, effort, careful thought and deliberation go into making each of these videos! These aren&apos;t quick easy tests by any stretch of the imagination. Sincere and profound thanks to our host, Todd, for saving us all a ton of time, money and frustration from buying crap tools! Cheers, Todd, you&apos;re simply fantastic!

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  @scottsutherlin6132 · 3 years ago

  I have to say... I have sat in the parking lot at the big box store watching PF videos to help decide which tool I was going to walk in and buy! Thank you for all the amazing hard work you put into each video!

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  @robertdascoli949 · 5 months ago

  Time to revist this with the fireball vice!

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  @AIRDRAC · 3 years ago

  Wow! I think this is the first time that something &quot;unbreakable&quot; has actually lived up to the claim on your channel! Fantastic video as always!

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  @exp3rt468 · 3 years ago

  We Germans don&apos;t take pride in many things, but one of the few things were out pride is at it&apos;s highest is build quality. Awsome review, keep them coming.

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  @blinky444 · 3 years ago

  One my biggest takeaways was how the Central Forge finished so close to its average in each individual placing, i.e. no major outlier finishes. This suggests some pretty solid consistency at almost all the tests. Not bad at all for a budget vice, probably a solid choice for most small-shop situations. Great stuff Todd, then again it&apos;s ALWAYS great stuff.

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  @nunyabusiness2127 · 3 years ago

  The vertical drop test was brutal...and very fun to watch. &nbsp;Great job as always!

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  @MF-le7fp · 3 years ago (edited)

  Project Farm has become the benchmark, for which all the other tool reviewer videos are judged. Nobody does it as well. A few come close. But the majority fall far short. You&apos;ve mastered the art of this media platform. 👍<br> &nbsp;In regard to the vices, I spun the cylinder, and pulled the trigger on Horror Freight&apos;s Central Forge, in 2019, when they still had the 20% off coupons. Cost me less than $50. All I can say is I&apos;m glad I did. <br> &nbsp; Timex would be proud to put their name on this vice. It has taken a thrashing so severely in the last 2 1/2 years, that i&apos;ve now repainted it twice. It&apos;s currently British racing green. If you get this vice, you probably won&apos;t be disappointed.<br> &nbsp; One plus for this vice is that the jaws are secured by recessed, hex head (Allen) screws. The negative is that HF doesn&apos;t sell replacement jaws, nor do they sell an optional smooth faced set, for &quot;mar free&quot; clamping. I often use it for wood working, and the factory jaws do a number on anything soft they clamp down on. So I went to Wally World and bought one of those 1/2&quot; thick, white, nylon/plastic cutting boards, and made multiple sets of &quot;soft jaws&quot; out of it, for the vice. The board thickness was perfect for this. No more diamond patterns embossed into my work pieces. 👍<br> &nbsp; Also, if mounting this vice onto a plywood work bench top (especially any top less than 3/4&quot; thickness), I highly recommend using a section of plate steel under it, due to it only being a &quot;3 hole&quot; design. Once torqued down, it is rock solid. <br><br>Vice Mounting 101 - &quot;Pro Tip&quot; for first time vice owners. When mounting, (ie..BEFORE you drill the holes in your bench top, and plate!), make sure that the inner face of the REAR jaw on your vice, is at least 1&quot;, to 1.5&quot; FORWARD of (ie..clears it, by), the edge of your work bench!<br> &nbsp; If it does not, then you will NEVER be able to secure any work piece south of the jaws, longer than 6.5&quot;, or so. <br> &nbsp; Don&apos;t ask me how I know this. 😂

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  @jakelaughton683 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The best vice is the one that your grandad had. This is a perfect example of a tool that “they just don’t make like they used to”.<br><br>I’ve got a Record vice made in Sheffield that is around 70 years old and spent 50 years in a blacksmith’s shop at a coal mine. It’s barely got a scratch on it.

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  @neutrodyne · 3 years ago

  This is one guy that can destroy stuff and be loved by all for doing it! His tests are always eye-openers. It would have been nice to have had an old American vise in the test to see how well it would have held up. Thanks Todd for sharing your time and talents with us.

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