WANTED: Bench top vise

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Looking for a decent bench vise with at least 5" jaws.  No HF/Chinese junk.  My budget is around $100+ so the current appearance doesn't mean squat to me.  As long as it works and isn't cracked and gouged to hell I'm game.  Let me know.
Reply:I have a mint, Samson vise( 30's or 40' s) I will part with. I will post Pix and measurements when I get home.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Here are some pix, this vise was in my friends Grandfathers basement since he bought the house in the 50's. I will take $100/BO plus shipping for it.Last edited by TozziWelding; 05-13-2012 at 08:50 AM.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Hey Toomanytoyz, that's a nice vise at a nice price even if it is an inch smaller jaw capacity than what you're hoping for.  $100 for a 5" vise is going to require you to really luck out - I spent $250 for my 5" Athol used and was glad to spend that LITTLE for it.  I'd spend that amount again in a heartbeat.  If you're serious about finding a 5" or bigger for $100, start hitting the yard sales and smaller auctions in your area.  You need to find some people who have absolutely no idea what their tool is worth....You know, the best kind of people!!!!!
Reply:for the welding truck I bought a vice at home depot, carried the Irwin name, (yes it was most like foreign made but seems like a good vice) and says it has a life time guarantee,http://www.irwin.com/tools/browse/visesnearly 20 years ago, I said the same thing to my self I did not want that some off shore made crap, after breaking  a cheap vice,  so at that time I ordered a SEARS vice, when it came it was made off shore, (it has been a good vice but was not US made,
Reply:Does someone here know why the WILTONS are so xpensive? Are they really that good? Its just a vise but $4,000 more or less on Ebay
Reply:Wiltons are that good, but they go high on Ebay and are heavy so best to lurk Craigslist etc.
Reply:Originally Posted by TozziWeldingI have a mint, Samson vise( 30's or 40' s) I will part with. I will post Pix and measurements when I get home.
Reply:UPS ground will be 32 bucks.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:RozziI just got a lead on a large Chase Parker Vise for $75.  If it falls through I'll let you know.~Brian
Reply:Originally Posted by toomanytoyzzRozziI just got a lead on a large Chase Parker Vise for $75.  If it falls through I'll let you know.~Brian
Reply:Well I got luck today, and found myself a vise.  The other vise got bought up within hours of him posting it.  Though I would have loved to get that vise this style is a REALLY close second at a cheaper price. Went out yesterday to ALOT of local yard sales and a flea market on a mission to get a decent vise to mount on my welding table. I did get a few cheap handtools, but no vise. I was heading up to my father's bodyshop to work on my 1974 Ford Bronco, and decided to take a small detour and check out another flea market along the way.I cruised arounfd the tables like a mother looking for her lost child at the mall, but found squat. I decided to ask some of the old timers who I know set up shop every weekend at the market and see if they had some tucked away in the trailer. No luck until I tried my boy who I've bought plenty of sockets/wrenches in the past. He pointed me to this guy down the way about 50 yards who had only one small table set up. He had a bunch of tools, but only one small HF China vise. On a whim, I figured I'd ask if he had any other ones for sale. He said he had one at home. I gave him the "how is that going to help me out now look" and he smiled and pointed to the neighboorhood behind the flea market. We were off to his house. On the way to his house he was trying to describe it to me, but going by the other one he was selling at the stand I had dim hopes. BUT during our short trip he mentioned the word "bullet" in describing it, and I had my fingers crossed. Sure enough it was a Wilton 8400 series vise. He was asking $80, and after the neg. started I got it for $60. It's far from perfect, but works as it should with no play. I took it apart to sandblast, but the local hardware store I got my sand from was out. I have two 50lb. bags of coal slag, but like a numbskull I forgot to get then out of my wife's vehicle before heading to the shop. Oh well, it will have to wait. I did mix up the color to get it close to an original Wilton (not even sure what the original color of this vise was?). I'll keep the pics coming. Attached ImagesLast edited by toomanytoyzz; 05-20-2012 at 10:17 PM.