Mophorn Compound Cross Milling Double Review

Straight out of the box: 1) Completely disassemble, I mean COMPLETELY! 2) Clean each part, there is a lot of Chinese sand, chips and dirt in it. 3) Lose two lead screws. that came with the machine and replace them with the two spares they sent (they know the screws on the unit are bent so they gave us two spares). 4) Lubricate everything with #68 anti-wear hydraulic oil and assemble. 5) Trial run, adjust wedges as best as possible, there are most likely roughnesses that need to be sanded. 7)…

Disassembled on the advice of other reviewers, cleaned of transit grease, lightly oiled and reassembled. Guess what. This works pretty well. As you would expect from a cheap vise, the drives have a lot of play, maybe 15 degrees. Also, the wedges aren't perfectly parallel, so they get a bit stiffer towards one end of the stroke. But there's no wobble or eccentric motion in its range, at least not enough for drill-mill class operations. Don't expect Bridgeport results at this price point. But all

Purchasing this vise is equivalent to purchasing an 80% lower receiver. Everything is there, but you need to do a lot of tweaking to make it work "well". And if it moves one way, you can physically move it a good 1/4 inch the other way, so the shutter is sloppy too. The upper axle where the helical gear connects to the upper vise I had to weld on because of the backlash. After that it was 100% fixed, I also had to disassemble the whole vise, polish and smooth almost all the surfaces that…