Good to hear from you again John. Hope your silence has been due to lots of shop time and not to an illness. Al Messer --- john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi to all long time no messages, > Do you have the chance of going around to find a > second hand vice(of a known manufactuerer) from a > secondhand tool dealer, grenrally they are of good > construction with the strength wear it required even > if the jaws may need a skim. > > we have quite alot of second hand tool dealers where > you can buy a vice for about half the price you > would pay for a new far eastern one. > > speak to the group more soon. > > regards John Burridge > > > > Message Received: Nov 19 2005, 01:27 PM > > From: BrVoelker@xxxxxxx > > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: > > Subject: [modeleng] Milling machine vice > > > > I have a Rong Fu RL80RF311 Mill/Drill with a 8" x > 28" Table. This is one of > > the popular Mills/Drills seen in many ads. I > understand this machine is made > > in Taiwan, not Red China. There is a local store > which sells an identical > > machine but made in Red China which seems to be a > real lost cause. > > > > My question is: the Vice which came with the > machine is very poor. The store > > where I bought my machine caters to larger machine > shops and could not help > > me find a suitable Milling Machine Vice. I want > something which is very > > substantial ~ 4" jaw width. Does anyone have an > idea ? > > > > thanks in advance, > > Bruce > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.