🔧 WEN 453BV 3-Inch Heavy Duty Swivel Review

My old vise was a 50 year old Craftsman made in the USA. It was something I could see passed down in the family. But one day I was bending metal and a loose center bolt that I wasn't aware of created enough play to break the bottom of the vise where it pivots on the bracket. I was surprised to find that Sears used to offer replacement parts that are long gone. I figured buying a new one would be quick and easy. That was until I started seeing bad reviews for many of the vices sold online and in

I've been looking for a bench vise for weeks. I checked the online auction site and local online classifieds. I have yet to see anything that satisfies my desire for a heavy, well-made vise that matches my desire for an inexpensive vise for occasional use. The Wen 455BV-5 5" vise had caught my eye a long time ago, but it cost over $50, so I kept looking. At $2 a pound for a piece of pig iron, I was willing to keep looking. Revain offered it to me then arrived for $38 with prime shipping. Sale…

I bought this mainly based on comments from a popular reviewer in his personal review of the same vise regarding the specific gravity of these vises approximately 7.71 kg. I haven't squeezed the vise with all my might yet, which is quite a lot. I'm not a strong man, and I'm nowhere near as strong as the guys you see in the World's Strongest Man competition, although I have twisted the jaws of this vise a bit in my three or so months of using and using this one Vice. So far it has been reliable,