WEN 8-3/8 in. Compound Cross Slide Industrial Strength Benchtop Vise

Very robust product however one slide was binding at the farthest travel. The threaded shaft is defective. Ordered a second item to replace the threaded shaft. Quality control poor on this part

This is really heavy duty. I agree with the other reviewer that said it would be best mounted on a press, as many cross slide vises are, its fine benchtop just not as usefull. Plus for me it takes up to much benchtop space. This vise is solid and weighs probably 90 pounds, it has a good size work area with good precision of 1mm, or 4mm per full turn so it relives alot of fine tuning frustration. I was bummed on receiving because one of the lock nuts seemed stripped but I was able to clean it up and get it on, besides that hiccup It does have a 2 year warranty but I see it being a lifetime product. I have a few wen products now, 2 sanders ,planer and bench, I’m finding the prices good and everything so far has worked beyond my expectations.

This quality built industrial strength seventy plus pound behemoth is a very nice vise. It went directly onto my drill press table from the box. For years I have wanted to be able to precisely drill patterns of holes in both wood and metal. This vise will meet that want. It operates smoothly and precisely at ninety degrees in both directions. I have not attempted to determine the level of precision but the movement and lack of any looseness provides a sense of accuracy well beyond any of my normal needs. See attached photos showing the old way of doing this using a stop and fence and crude measurements vs the new way with the vise and indexed crank adjustments. The jaw is big enough to hold any project I have ever done that involved pattern drilling-actually it has the largest vise jaw I own. It is a great addition to my workshop.

Big and heavy enough to make a solid platform for drilling or machining. Since I have old Datsuns some parts are not available and you have to make your own brackets to install newer replacements. I gave this a work out making a new transmission mount, radiator mounts, and heat shields for the carburetors. I marked everything out on the metal clamped it in the vise and was able to move the work piece around to line up the drill holes exactly where I wanted and the piece didn’t walk around while getting the hole started. The pieces turned out great and I didn’t have to massage them to fit like before.

Had a minor hiccup and box was pretty beat up when i received it. A piece was broken during shipping but a quick call to factory and they shipped it in a few days. Overall very sturdy and large work area. Make sure drill press is bolted down because it does way about 70 pounds. works well.

Nicely made, accuracy looks good out of the box. Needs minor tweaking as it’s a little tight out of the box, but will meet its needs nicely

this is very well made. it is very heavy. However, I would not want a light weight bench top vise. This is a very nice vise for use with a drill press. I like that it can be bolted down to a drill press platform or any other platform that has groves for attaching the vise or other device. Made of heavy cast iron, this vise has two directional adjustment screws with nice calibrated swivel handles. these adjustment screws make it easy to lineup the part being machined. This vise also has a very good clamping jaw and holds the part being machined very securely.

This vise is an absolute behemoth! The quality of the build and material has me very confident it will still be in the shop long after i retire. The increments are very accurate and it slides will ease depending how you like the tension screws on the side of each track. It came prelubricated and after sliding both tracks end to end one time, it now slides with ease. No instructions were included, but with only the two handles to install, a 5 year old could likely figure it out. This vise has quickly become the most useful tool in the shop. I would definitely give it a 5/5 and I can confidently say my 192 students would as well. Don’t hesitate, just buy it!

This is really heavy duty. I agree with the other reviewer that said it would be best mounted on a press, as many cross slide vises are, its fine benchtop just not as usefull. Plus for me it takes up to much benchtop space. This vise is solid and weighs probably 90 pounds, it has a good size work area with good precision of 1mm, or 4mm per full turn so it relives alot of fine tuning frustration. I was bummed on receiving because one of the lock nuts seemed stripped but I was able to clean it up and get it on, besides that hiccup It does have a 2 year warranty but I see it being a lifetime product. I have a few wen products now, 2 sanders ,planer and bench, I’m finding the prices good and everything so far has worked beyond my expectations.

MONSTER vise, fit my (Harbor Freight) floor standing drill press table perfectly using the four side tangs. The X-Y threaded rods on mine weren’t well lubed, but everything else seems awesome.