WEN Drill Press Vise, 3-Inch (DPA423)

The Wen 3" drill press vise is pretty good quality, plenty good for home use. While not quite perfect, there are no obvious flaws in the casting for example. The machining seems good, the finish seems good. The overall size not counting the handle is 5.5" x 6" x 1.875". the center to center spacing of the mounting slots is 4 3/8", the slots are 7/16" wide, the total length of the slots is 5". The jaws are 7/8" x 3 1/4" and they open to about 2 7/8". As others have said it fits nicely on a craftsman 8" drill press. It does not have center grooves in the jaws, but I tried clamping several different pieces and it gripped everything I gave it very well. There is just the right amount of left to right play in the moving jaw that it can grip the whole way across the work piece. It does what I need and it doesn't take up a ton of space. I am happy with this item.

I hated the lateral play in another 4” drill press vice I purchased. I didn’t think that low price had to mean non-functional. So I bought this one as a last chance before upping my budget. This is exactly what I need and was hoping for. No slop, accurate and precise. Sturdy and level. Perfect for my Vevor bench top press. If I need a 4” I will certainly purchase its big brother.

It fit perfectly on my drill press. It worked well until it didn't. I ended up having to disassemble it clean up rough areas where the two pieces slide on each other. Then lubricated it and reassembled it. So far it is still working. To bad the quality of the product leaves a bit to be desired.

This vise fits the Harbor Freight Central Machinery 10 inch, 12 speed bench drill press perfectly. I used 3/8” carriage screws, washers, and nuts to hold it securely. I haven’t had a chance to drill with it yet, but it is very useful, doesn’t weigh a ton, looks reasonably durable, and is very adjustable when you use the table slots on the drill press. I will be using it for holding pen stock, wood, flat bar stock, angle iron, square tubing, or solid square stock when drilling. Be careful with where you drill because the drill bit could penetrate the press. The clamping force looks strong. My only suggestion would be to improve the opening/closing handle by making it a slide rod like other vises have.

Haven't had a chance to use yet but looks like good quality

Works fine lasts long time. Goes along great with that small block Chevy 6 on my coffee table.

This drill press vice seems like it’s made well. Had to deburr a little bit on the bottom not because there was anything wrong just because I didn’t want it to scratch the base of my drill press highly recommend for the price.

Good

Excellent.

This item is great, I read the comments before deciding to buy, decided I could live with the negatives, the unit I received, was perfect, very happy, thank you so much j

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It's made for the low end. Can't argue with the price point. Don't expect it to work or survive out of the box however. Needed some serious work to get functional, shims, squaring up, machining, deburring, etc. I'm not surprised many have reported cracks and catastropic failures. The packaging it not thick enough to prevent the most energetic of delievery people. It might be fine to journey to a hardware store, but probably not this complicated logistical chain of delivery. Not surprised there are cracks in a decent amount. Dropping this box would definitely cause a crack.