Recommended vice for Warco WM14

[Compulsive purchaserParticipant @compulsivepurchaser]

What size machine vice would people recommend for a Warco WM14 milling machine? I don’t want to buy too big a vice for the table.

thanks

[Compulsive purchaserParticipant @compulsivepurchaser]

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Buy a vise that is smaller than the maximum? Buy a bigger one later, is my advice. People want the biggest they can accommodate. Most operations only need the smaller item, I find.

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Both Warco and Arc has 80mm milling vices, that you may suit your needs. You can remove the swivel base if needed.

Thor

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

As Thor says an 80mm would be about right on that sort of size machine. I use one of these 80mm versatile ones on the CNC and with a bit of a change of jaws will also hold larger work for light machining so you only need the one. I don't use my vices with the swivel base in place unless there is the rare need to.

[Mike HurleyParticipant @mikehurley60381]

+1 for the 80mm. I use one of ARC's precision machine vices (type 3) for 95% of the time on my WM14. I've got a slightly larger & heavier 'economy' vice for odd times I need extra capacity.

As is often the case, a lot of it depends on what sort of work you are holding the majority of the time, just don't get anything too big – they will get in the way with this machine and it's limited table size and clearance.

regards Mike

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

This is the Warco 80mm vice mounted on my WM14, the swivel base is somewhere about, have never used it.

Should give you an idea of the size. Works well for me.

John

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