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Well made precision drill vise 4-3/4" length by 1-7/8" wide by 1-1/2" tall.
Maximum opening is 1-3/8". Jaws are hardened tool steel and there is a slot in the middle on one side of the jaws to help keep things centered, while other side of the jaws has a slot running horizontal half way down the jaw. Jaw depth is 1/2" inch.
Use it on drill presses or lathes. You will have to clamp it down with a c clamp to hold it on a Foredom drill press or any other drill press we sell, although you may find that the weight of the vise (1-1/2 lbs) itself is good enough to hold small jewelry items secure for some drilling applications.
My vise came well packaged and protected in the mail. It is a hefty piece of equipment, well made. The screw moves freely. The jaws open and close smoothly and remain parallel throughout their travel along the vise bed. Problems: Both jaw faces were left with burrs of metal on their edges which needed to be filed off. This was not a significant problem as a quick few strokes of the file took care of the issue. A more troubling flaw is that the screws holding the jaw face in place on the traveling jaw are too long and protrude into the horizontal V groove by about 1/16" of an inch. To correct the problem I will need to remove the two screws, grind the ends of each one and then reinstall. The manufacturer should have used shorter screws.