5" Vice Review 

Thanks for the vid Matty and good luck with your treatment, hope it doesn't knock you around to much, there is a light at the end of the tunnel having been though this myself.

Nice review Matty. I also have a coupe of this type of vice. I think the quality is quite acceptable for hobby use.

Vevor do supply a lot of acceptable quality products. The same vice in the UK sells for £84.99 which is around Aus $162. The vice looks good and the tests you've done show it to be parallel and square so not bad at all. Look after yourself mate, I've been in hospital twice recently for them to probe and poke. Nothing to do with the Pulmonary fibrosis, but hey it got me out of the house 😂. Hope your next chemo is gentle on you, regards to you and family 👍

Hi Matty you did go for the 5 inch good choice I got my 6 inch version from Machinery Warehouse and I bet it came from the same place it is exactly the same just an inch bigger I should have opted for that one. The six inch VERTEX vice is $429 so big difference any hope he enjoys it.

Looks like they've improved massively from when I bought mine. I was really surprised to see how flat it was. Good stuff.

Glad that you are coping with your problems well enough. Nice of you to give the vice to someone that can use it nice one mate

It seems that Vevor has really hit the sweet spot between price and quality. With very few exceptions almost every review of their products have little to no complaints, which is fantastic. My only issue with my 5 inch vise (not from Vevor) is that there are no accessories for them. For the 6 inch vises you can get all sorts different jaws. Keep them coming Matty.

The average Joe Blow screwing around in the workshop ....ha love it

Thanks Matty, it's looking good and the price surely looks good for the quality! 👍💪✌

Hi Matty. I reviewed and tested the 3" version and it gave excellent readings. These are a great buy for any workshop. Cheers Rob

G'day Matty, well done mate, I know you're fighting the old rust mate, and you're still posting great videos like this, far better than the review I did on the 6" lol Happy days buddy, keep on keeping on and best wishes to you

I have the vevor 6" which they don't do in Australia any more, 2 x 5" vices & a 10" rotary table from them. Way more than adequate for home use and really good value. I hope your doing ok too.

I agree Matty for the work I do a good import vice works fine for me. I have Two import vices. One 5 " that I bought from Precision Mathews (Quality Machine) and one of the Vevor 4" vices without the coolant trough on it. I made my own Hold down clamps for it but with the flat parallel sides it can be used like a screwless grinding vice or as a Vice in a vice. or turned on its side on the mill table with strap clamps. Thanks for the review. The biggest issue people had with the old-fashioned Bridgeport vises is part lift when tightening the vise. And of course, the outside mounting of the Jaws. Kurt solved the problem with the half round ball you showed. I do think they should have put a key all the way across the fixed jaw and surface ground the machined surface that the jaw clamps to but other than issues like that they are Clones of Kurts except they did not Clone the price. Thanks as always for bringing us along.

Absolute bargain, I got one been very happy with it. Good size the 6inch is too big and heavy.

Nice review Matty. These vices are great. I've had the small 3 inch Vevor Aculoc vice for over 2 years now. I made a speed handle for it, as I was not keen on the large one that came with it. I have the rotating base, but haven't used it yet. Hope you're feeling better now Matty, after the last Chemo. All the best to you and your family. Cheers Nobby

Nice looking vice, they did a very good job on the grinding, surprised how flat it was. Good luck, hope you start feeling better soon!

Hey Matty good morning!230am. West Coast Oregon 😁👍

Hi Matty, I have the 4" and 5" similar Vises, can't fault them. The cast in balls on mine protrude out, opposite to the Kurt and the one you reviewed, possibly done to not infringe copyright from Kurt. Works fine and absolutely no jaw lift. Just used the 5" to make a compound Sine Bar. Will not pay for UPS postage, way over the top .

Your a good bloke doing this review just to be able to give your mate a fresh vice to go with his EPIC new mill. Ledgend Matty👍👌🇦🇺

Keep 'em coming! Nice reveiw! All the best, Matthew

Trevor is getting an early Christmas present. 👍

Good review Matty. Thanks, cheers.

You can't knock that for the price, Matty. Good review. Cheers Tony

Thanks for the information and wanted to say you're looking like you feel better.

Thanks for another great video Matty, I am about to start restoring a 50-year-old drill press, and I am looking for a vice to go with it. Stay well and strong Matty.

Yes Matty great vice I have the 3 inch for my mini mill.

Good to see you Matty, nice straight forward review. (UK)

Good morning Matty from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧

young man, great review, l'm sure trevor will be stoked. keep up the good work sir.

Matty, I have had one of these for jut over a year and have found it reliable and with a couple of modifications it has made a good replacement for my old milling vise. Apart from taking off the razor sharp edges I added a brass split collar on the lead screw as I didn't like how the supplied one was just driven onto the threads and then, after machining the inside of the front through hole, I added thrust bearings to make the operation alot smoother and increasing the clamping pressure. I have not used the swivel base and mounted it straight onto the mill table but did find that the mounting bolts had to have a big overhang on the front so that I can fully use the cutting depth.

Nice review. Not to much time on the unboxing :) Great that you pulled it apart and checked out the quality of the machining. Seems like a very reasonable price as well. I’d watch your reviews again 🤠

Thanks for the review, I recently bought a 4" vice, Not vevor brand, but likely same place that made this one and it seems to be working well too. I apprecaite your in depth review of this one. I need to debur mine and stone the sharp corners. Cheers.

Your strength is amazing, you put out a review and a give away 👏👏👏👏👏 As always, great video Thanks brother

Thanks for the review. been looking for a new vice. and you verfiied all my question on how these are. just ordered it.

Great review there Matty. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

Thanks Matty good review! I think I am going to check about getting one. Glad to see you are doing okay . God bless.

Thanks for the review. Looks like I have some more vice options now...

Good to see you up and about, hopefully the next hit of chemo doesn’t knock you around to much. For the price of that vice the quality doesn’t look to bad.

G'day Matty great review video mate

Hi Matty, good to see you are still doing great vids, I hope your future treatments allow you to continue in all activities. I am in the market for a vice for my mill so watched with particular interest. This item looks quite high so was wondering what your recommendations are as to what size machine this could be used on, maybe a table to head measurement? Cheers Steve

Looks a great bit of kit for the price Matty, good to see it stripped down. Nice review, hope Chemo treatment is not to harsh and doing its job. Thanks for sharing

Wow the price is good, I’m sure I’ve paid more for a old bench vice that has the accuracy of a lamb chop launch from a spud gun.

G'day Matty, I bought a 4" vise pretty much identical to yours. The only difference (apart from the size) is that mine is not a Vevor. Made locally in China, I have also removed the swivel base. I use it all the time on my mill, it's a really good budget vise for just over $100 posted. Keep your chin up mate, always look forward to your videos.

Hi Matty. I got the 6 inch, non rotating one of these and it was much the same. Everything needed a good deburr, clean and lube, but once done it's surprisingly good for the money.

Good little vice there Matty, I've purchased alot of vevor products, so far I'm very satisfied, great review, keep'um coming..

Gday Matty, nice detailed review.. Import tools are improving but there's still a lot of dogs out there. It's good to know which ones make the cut... Best wishes on you improving health 👍🙏 ATB....Cheers....

Hi Matty, thanks for the review. That is a really good price. I have a 5" vice that looks very much like this one - swivel base and all, just a different colour. They were probably made in the same factory. I brought that vice 2 years ago and it was $329. I just had a look at the current prices and it is $385. You have it pretty good over there, I could buy almost 3 of these vices if I lived in Oz for the same price as one vice in NZ.

Thanks for sharing 👍 Hope you're feeling better.

Seems quite reasonable for general use . Kurt's flex heaps when tightened . I am thinking about a 3 inch one . 👍

Thank you for thegreat video i ordered it as soon as i saw your video i gone use it on a PM 25-MV

G'day Matty, nice review of that Vevor vice. Trev will be stoked with that! I watched John Mills aka doubleboost do a review on the same vice about a month ago and he came to the same conclusion about how good they are for the money. They are £85 here in the UK but out of stock, probably due to John's review lol. The same vice without the swivel base is £68. Hope you are soon feeling better after your treatment last week. I read your reply to the guy saying it knocked you back. Hopefully not too much longer to go on the grog they're putting into you and is there going to be radiotherapy as well or are they going to decide that after your chemo? Keep at it mate, cheers from the UK. Sam

Spot on! Us hobbyists don’t need to spend a fortune. This gear is way better than my ability.

Good review mate. All the best Cheers 👍👌

I have the 5'' and a 10'' as well, never had a issue with them, wish they weren't that damn blue though, the Chinese must have tons of that Paint..

Nice review matt,Trevor will hopefully find plenty of work for the vice,hope you're feeling better.

great review Matty works well best wishes Kev(UK)

Thx for the vid.

Good show!

Thanks mate 👍

Gday Matty hope you're doing well mate I just bought a new 100mm vertex vice to replace the rubbish one that came with my mill haven't had a chance to delve into it yet hope it's good it wasn't cheap even with H&F's special price

you said it's going to Trevor,, the sticker on top almost says that!!

Hi mate I enjoyed this video. You can’t go past this cheap stuff in my opinion for us backyard blokes. Great review. I’d love to have equipment like your machines in my shop. Maybe one day. Well done again and hope everything is going okay for you

Hey Mattie. Good review… usual ‘no bullshit’ Mattie approach 👍 I’ve now bought two or three Vevor items. It’s hard to ignore their pricing eh? They all have one fault… bloody burrs 🤣. However, as you showed, a few minutes with a stone or a riffler file, and she’s jake. I think I’ll buy one for the new HM48B. The little 4” tool room vice runs coolant all over the place. Keep hammering away at the chemo mate… not fun… but maybe ‘needed’ eh? Anyhow mate, we’re all with you 1000%. Fond Regards Robert

A few years back i bought a 5 " chinesuim one, the quality is no where near as good as this one.

Great review and you would make a great salesman Matty! How goes the chemo treatments? Bear.

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Hi Matty good pressie to be getting just wondering what grit and where did you get them stones from thanks Paul 🍻👍

G’day Matty, good to see ya. Just wondering if you would tell me where ya got the Precision Ground Stones from mate? Thanks for the video. Have a good one 👍🇦🇺

For that price, I need 2 of them! Only test I would have liked to see was when you got the 0.1 jaw deflection while tightening ... how far was the part moving at the same time? Just curious if the part was moving the jaw or the jaw moving the part ... Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and that one day we shall no longer buy chinese garbage or depend on the proliferation of chinese goods in the marketplace and that one day we will see it together. - Martin Luther King Jr - August 28, 1963

I wish you had checked the jaw play from side to side. Maybe I'm the only one but there are a lot of vises out there that are just crap and many machinist waste their time fixing them because they can't afford a Kurt vise. Understandably so, but when you see a 5" vise for $69 to 100$ US, rest assured, it's going to be a shoddy made vise. This is an utter waste of metal, labor, and shipping cost to bring such vises into existence. They may as well send us the castings so we can take pleasure in machining the vise better and save ourselves the trouble of trying to fix what often cannot be fixed.

Its a pretty blue.