Review on 🛠️ Yost Heavy-Duty Multi Jaw Combination 360-Degree Tool by David Banks

It's not every day that I install a vise. My dad had one, he installed it and I used it. But this is my first time installing one myself. Maybe I can help you avoid the mistakes I made. Let me point out that the Yost manual that comes with the 750-DI vise has vise instructions but only very general information on how to install the vise and nothing specific about the 750-DI vise.1. My Yost 750-DI came with a full size mounting hole pattern. The lace pattern resembles a giant plus sign (+) on a stencil (see Photo 1). But you must install it wrong because if you do it this way you won't be able to use all the features of this vise. For example, if you want to flip the vise jaws over by rotating them, the large jaws will collide with the front mounting screw when you mount the vise as shown in Jost's drawing (see Photo 2). The mounting hole pattern should resemble a box (not a huge plus sign), with holes drilled in the corners of the box (see Photo 3).2. In addition, the vise must be at some distance from the edge of the bench. If you slide it back too far from the front edge of the bench, you won't be able to jam a piece of pipe or wood vertically in your jaws because the bench will get in the way (see how the white pipe is off the bench when you open the vise position correctly in photo 4). The flange of the mounting base should be no more than 1 inch from the front edge of your workbench; This will move the center of the two front mounting holes 1-5/8" back from the front edge of the bench (see dimensions in Photo 3). 3. With the vises positioned as described in paragraph 2 above, each pair of holes will be exactly 6 -1/8" apart. I do not recommend using a template. The best way to drill mounting holes is to use a vise and drill 9/16" mounting screws. This will ensure the screws are properly seated. 4. I ran into another problem when trying to rotate the base of the vise horizontally, you should be able to undo a few mounting clips on the base, however when I did this the base was still sticking and moving didn't move freely or only moved in one direction so i took the base apart to see what was going on the maroon part that two stainless steel carriage bolts pass through was on one side trapped. This maroon part is listed as inner base plate #3 in the parts list. It seems that the inner bottom panel doesn't always release freely when you loosen the two clamps. I went to my local big store and found what I wanted: Springs by Everbilt, part number 684 838. There are two pairs of springs in the pack, two large and two small; You want to use the two smaller ones. They are the correct diameter and length and do not require any modifications. Simply insert two stainless steel carriage bolts in their normal position through the maroon inner backing plate and slide the coil springs onto the threads (see photo 5). Then reinstall the screws with the mounting clips. The springs will cause the inner support plate to detach and fall off when you loosen the clamps (see Photo 6). This vise is still new to me but after a few tweaks it works great. Having used it for a while I can update this review in terms of how well the vise itself works. Good luck with you and I hope it helps.