Customer Reviews

PanaVise 381 Vacuum Base PanaVise

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It's VERY solid. It seems to be made of cast aluminium except for the screws, guide rods and shaft which are plated steel. The head opens to 2.5" max (the screw will only have 1-2 threads engaged), and it comes with smooth nylon jaws but there are several types available. There are several heads and bases that can be interchanged for different needs. The rubber base holds very strongly and the manufacturer sells a spare rubber shoe and lever as a kit. As you can see in the pictures I took, the base can be fully disassembled.

Mind you, this is not the kind of vise you'll find bolted to a metalworking bench, but it is a much stronger alternative to "helping hands". In all, it's superb for everything from soldering and small crafts to light drilling.

Needed a portable vise for wooden ship building. Good add-ons also. Also, hefty enough that for lightweight items you don't even need to make it adhere to anything. I was reassured when I saw that you can get a replacement suction apparatus.

Great Vise for modeler's w/o space.

I use this on my desk to hold the Panavise circuit board holder and it is virtually unmovable once you have it suctioned down to the desk.

It's a little tricky to get it to suction down until you get used to it then it works great.

In my current setup I am not able to permanently mount a base. The Vacuum base works great in this situation. My table is a painted wood with a very smooth surface. On this structure the base is rock solid without causing any damage to the paint's finish. In the past I have tried to use this same base on plastic table tops but could not. The texture of that style table top would not allow a good suction.

Currently, I use this base in conjuction with a PanaVise 315 Circuit Board Holder. Love my setup.

I'm very happy with this vise. I has great grip on smooth surfaces. I have yet to see if it will hold on to a rough surface like plywood. It has very good weight to it and is easy to move and lock into position. Great for indoor projects!!!

This tool sells for more , Amazon has the best price

quality is very good , its a good workhorse very useful .

I didn't realize the vise did not come with at least a set of jaws attached luckily I thought I was ordering an extra set of nylon jaws because I would have been out of luck other wise. But the Vise does do what I wanted it for.

We love this vise...have 3: his, mine, and ours! Great for the lab, workbench, and 'fixing' smallish things. Super for the 'creative' scientist and/or artist who needs the freedom to SECURELY move 'work' around which the screw-down type vises simply don't allow. Buy it, and before you know it, you will have 3 also!

My new PanaVise 381 is an AWESOME tool!

PanaVise 381 Vacuum Base Combination

The vacuum base doesn't work. I suspect that the material (rubber?) on the bottom is old and something because it sure doesn't hold.