I used the Danvise for years and it has served me well. I doubt if you can find a better vise for that money. Mark is right about the lack of clearance, but... there are extensions (euro 18) that will give you all the clearance you'll ever need. I can send you a pic if interested. And the Danvise has a metal version too, called Metallica I believe. Comes with the extension.
Martin
room behind the
----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Swedish vise dilemma II
Nick, that vise your using has LOTS of clearence........nice. mark
From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VFB] Swedish vise dilemma II Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:08:11 +0100
Ok, I have a question to all of you rich of experience...
For reference I have an Eagle Rotating Vise
(http://www.jkflugfiske.com/bilder/eagle_rotating.jpg). It works for a guy
in my league, but it has draw-backs like wobbling poor-precision made parts.
When rotating, the screw also tightens itself, which can be really annoying.
(To this comes of course the Indian jaw steel quality, but that's still in
the future... it's not that old yet.)
I'm looking at a Danvise (http://www.eflytyer.com/tools/danica_vises.html)... the polymer vise. Retails around $80. It doesn't look bad... but that's all I know. I will never be able to try it out before bying, which a guy with my budget would prefer. So I turn to You! Has it got draw-backs that I might want to know of?
Is this "chunk of plastic" worth the money? (For those who have tried MY vise, is there $80 of satisfaction between them?)
Thanks in advance /Nick
