Columbian 33150 150 3-Inch Jaw Width by 6-Inch Opening Fixed Base Clamp-On Bench Vise

by Columbian

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This vise is portable and compact for light work in the home, garage, or shop. The cast iron body has cast in pipe jaws and double steel guide bars. This model has a clamp-on base and a built-in anvil.

Product Description

This vise is portable and compact for light work in the home, garage, or shop. The cast iron body has cast in pipe jaws and double steel guide bars. This model has a clamp-on base and built-in anvil.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0008JF9VI
• Item model number: 33150
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,653 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Fraudulent Item Title!, January 7, 2009

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A. Millar - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbian 33150 150 3-Inch Jaw Width by 6-Inch Opening Fixed Base Clamp-On Bench Vise (Tools & Home Improvement)

This "Columbian" clamp-on bench vise, Model 33150 150, Does NOT open to 6 inches, despite claiming so in the product name! It only opens to 2 1/2 inches, far short of the title. Yes, I should have read the fine print under technical details, but skipped past, thinking it said it all in the title. Major disappointment, as I cannot use it for what I purchased it for. In fact, I have almost no use for it at all. On top of that, it itself is a very poor example of a vise. The inside faces of the vise jaws are smooth or slick, and slightly bumpy, with almost a galvanized surface, somewhat like a poor enamel job, and do not meet flush with each other so items tend to get "squeezed" out the bottom.

There may also be some confusion as to the actual manufacturer of this bench vise, but it has "WILTON" across the front of the vise. I also notice, as I write this review, that one of the possible tags that amazon suggests is "Wilton 63302", So perhaps this is manufacturer obfuscation, not confusion.

All in all, I most definitely would NOT purchase this even again, and would NOT recommend that anyone else ever purchase this.