🔧 Enhance Your Precision Work with Palmgren 30301 32 Cross Slide Review

I ordered this Cross Vise for my drill press (Desktop Jet JDP-15M). So far I am very satisfied with the performance of this tool. It is very well made with excellent fit and finish. All work surfaces are polished. You will have to spend some time cleaning the vise when you receive it as it is covered in protective grease. The play in the lead screws is approx. 0.005. There's no way to adjust this, so you'll have to compensate for this while using it. So far this tool has improved the accuracy…

Handles drilled and cut down the middle - jiggle and stick. The lower table is excessively inclined - it can be moved more than 1/32 inch by hand. The table top handles on the Palmgren 32 cross vise come upside down so I took them off to rotate and found that the handles on the unit I received do not rotate very smoothly - wobble and stick when rotated. They attach to the handle stock with a machine screw that threads directly into the handle end. This means that the screw and screw head are…

Palmgren 30301 Cross Slide Vise proves the truth of the saying "You get what you pay for”. It's made in the USA and the craftsmanship and quality of every detail is evident. As another reviewer noted, the product arrives well packaged. It was in a thick double box with double plastic ties. All of this is a plus given the weight of the vise and the ever-present danger of someone dropping the package. Upon unpacking the vise, I found that the handles were upside down to avoid possible damage in…