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WEN 6-1/8 in. Compound Cross Slide Industrial Strength Benchtop Vise
$111.11
Grab an extraordinary addition to modernize your workshop without any hesitation with the assistance of this WEN Compound Cross Slide Industrial Strength Benchtop Vise.
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Remember when you could make fine-tune adjustments with the simple turn of a wheel? The WEN 6-1/8 in.Perfect for incremental drilling and other precision work. Made from heavy duty powder-coated cast iron, the WEN Cross Vise grips tightly onto your workpieces, providing over 1900 lbs. of clamping force. The 6-1/8 by 2 in. jaws open up to 6-1/8 in. wide. Make minor adjustments along either axis with the onboard hand wheels. Each hand wheel features machined 0.1 mm increments, each full turn representing 4 mm of travel. The vise moves a full 6.5 in. (165 mm) along the x-axis and 8.5 in. (216 mm) along the y-axis, making it the perfect companion for woodworkers and metalworkers alike. The fixed jaw features a V-shaped groove to hold round objects either vertically or horizontally. With five 1/2 in. mounting brackets positioned around the outside edge of the vise’s base, the WEN Cross Vise is easy to install onto your favorite table or workbench. And because it’s a WEN product, your cross vise comes backed by a two-year warranty, a nationwide network of skilled service technicians and a friendly customer help line all to make sure you remember WEN.
- 6-1/8 by 2 in. jaws open up to 6-1/8 in. wide
- Constructed of industrial-strength powder-coated cast iron
- Hand wheels feature machine-marked 0.1 mm increments for maximum precision
- Jaws travel 6.5 in. left and right and 8.5 in. front and back
- Five 1/2 in. mounting brackets allow for easy mounting to your workbench
- Heavy-duty build prevents walking and wobbling during operation
- Perfect for jobs requiring maximum accuracy and precision
| Weight | 57.32 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 14.57 × 14.57 × 8.27 in |
| Clamping Strength (lb.) | 1984 |
| Duty Rating | Heavy |
| Hand Tool Type | Vise |
| Individual/Set | Individual |
| Jaw Capacity | 6.25 in |
| Jaw Width | 1.25 in |
| Material | Cast Iron |
| Model | 416CV |
| Swivel base | No |
| Throat Depth | 6.25 in |
| Tools Product Type | Hand Tool |
15 reviews for WEN 6-1/8 in. Compound Cross Slide Industrial Strength Benchtop Vise
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Lulu Marks (verified owner) –
This thing is a beast. It was not really what I was expecting. It weighs 56 pounds, and is solid as a rock. On unboxing it, it was clean, with no rust and a minimum of grease and oil.After installing the adjusting handles, the only assembly required, file off the excess threaded shaft flush with the nut. Otherwise it will cut up your hands in the next step. The adjustments need to be worked-through several times to loosen them up, a fairly laborious process, and wear gloves to avoid blisters. Eventually they became smooth enough to turn with one hand, and I hope they’ll get better with time. I would also suggest fixing the vise handle in a centered position with tape, otherwise you can easily break it off against the vise body, which I did.The only scales on the unit are on the adjusting wheels, there are no linear scales on the slides, which would be nice. This is much too massive to set up on my little benchtop drill press. You would need a heavy-duty floor-standing drill press with a serious table to support this vise. The instructions talk about fixing it to a workbench, but I can’t imagine how it would be useful that way. For any kind of precision, I would think it needs to be fixed rigidly to the drill. Maybe I just don’t know.The only slop in the unit is when you reverse directions on the adjustments, which is unavoidable – you shouldn’t do that in use. The slides are tight and straight, and can be adjusted. This vise could well convert a suitable drill press into a light-duty 2-axis milling machine. I just wish it wasn’t so massive, I really can’t use it.I’m giving it three stars for all the difficulty I had breaking it in. Maybe that was just my unit and not typical, but I generally don’t expect to bleed over a thing like this. It is still not as smooth as I would like. Every other vise I own has bright chrome gears that run freely right out of the box. The gears on this are black oxide coated, and may never run like that. WEN replaced the broken part immediately without question, but I think the fact that it can happen at all is a design flaw.
Jensen Hegmann (verified owner) –
I can see the number one use of this as to turn a drill press into a hobbyists mill. That’s where I see it being the greatest benefit to myself. It is really heavy. Easy to assemble, comes with the required allen wrenches. Nice action on all the screws and clamps. The dials for side to side motion are graduated with nicely etched marks. Hardware for mounting is not included in the package. Many large hardware items come covered in a messy protectant, this one has somehow avoided that. Besides it’s ability to move on the x and y axis it is also a nice strong vise for multiple clamping needs.
Taurean Haag (verified owner) –
love iit
Lula Steuber (verified owner) –
First off this thing is REALLY heavy. After a bit of adjusting and lubing the screws up it works great. Mounted to my large drill press and works as expected. I am using it to build 80% lowers and it seems a bit of overkill. If you have a small or medium drill press this may be too big. For my purpose a smaller vice would have worked fine but I’m sure the extra size will come in handy someday
Stephon Spinka (verified owner) –
Slides didn’t work well at all out of the box. I had to disassemble clean and lubricate the slides to get them to move somewhat smoothly, but still has some rough spots. It should work better as it breaks in. Also the screws that hold the handle are perfectly positioned to skin your knuckles as you turn the handles.
Nathaniel Wolff (verified owner) –
This is a really nice made in China vise. Much better made than a comparably priced unit from HF. I would recommend this vise, but don’t try to use it on a drill press. It is just too heavy for that application.
Fanny Bode (verified owner) –
This Compound Cross-slide Vise is heavy duty. Included with this vise are 3 hex wrenches for adjusting everything. However, it came with no instructions for set-up or adjustment. But, I was able to find them on the WEN website. Machining and fit are quite good. The stationary jaw is grooved both horizontally and vertically to help hold round objects securely. It has a jaw capacity of 6 1/8” and plenty of travel. Cross Slide Travel = 8.5 in.; Longitudinal Slide Travel = 6.5 in. The measurements for the feed screws are in 0.1mm (not inches) which means that I’ll have to convert all measurements to inches ie. 0.1mm is slightly less than 0.004 inch at 0.003937 in. – OR – the other way around, inches to mm. I won’t be doing anything requiring that much detail. Some drilling and basic milling. I’m an old guy and my brain is programmed for Imperial, not metric. The Longitudinal Feed Screw has a small amount of slop in it at 0.1 – 0.2 mm, certainly not enough to worry about in most cases. The biggest challenge for me is the size of this vise. I should have gone for a smaller one at 4” or so. My old drill press table is pretty standard at 10” X 10”. In order to mount the vise to get maximum adjustment with the feed screws, it will have to be mounted considerably off-center. The table slots do not work for that, so I’ll have to drill holes to bolt it down, or get a second table, drill it, and swing it out of the way for use of the main table. This thing is heavy at 57.1 lbs., so it’s not something I want to take on and off. Overall, I am pretty impressed with the quality of this vise at this price, and recommend it for those with the need for one this large.
Josefina Erdman (verified owner) –
The WEN cross slide vice would have been great for my WEN drill press, however the WEN drill press vice does not fit the WEN drill press. Way too big. It is for a much larger drill press than WEN offers, so I returned it.
Seth Welch (verified owner) –
If you are expecting to you this vise straight out of the box, then this is not the vise for you. Plan on lubricating and adjusting it first. When I first tried to use it, it was binding up tarably. Once I adjusted the tension on the slides, it worked much better. Even though the instructions say they were adjusted at the factory, I doubt mine was – none of the locking nuts on the adjustments were more then finger tight. One even had a 1/8″ gap between the nut the the base.This vise is heave, weighing in at over 50#. It works great on my old cast iron and steel, floor mount drill press. This is what I had planed on using it for. The table has a rack and pinion system to adjust the height.My drill press table has a solid top. So for now I an using C-clamps to hold the vise in place. I have it so the chuck lines up with the fixed jaw of the vice when it is at the end of travel. Once I am sure this is where I want it, I will build a fixture for the vise that clamps to the table.Now that I have things adjusted, I am using it for some milling. I am using a template to designate what has to be milled out. The indicators on the vice are useless for this. There is about a 1/4 turn in play when reversing directions. As long as you take this into account, you will not have problems. The vise doesn’t move without the crank being turned. It just throws the indicators way off.Bottom line – as long as you are comfortable adjusting the vise when you get it, it will work for positioning material for drilling, as well as machining. You are not going to get 1/100 degree accuracy, but I wasn’t expecting that.
Tom Bartoletti (verified owner) –
works great, definitely needed to change the lubrication but works very well
Rose Schowalter (verified owner) –
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.
Esteban Hane (verified owner) –
Cleaned up factory oil made a couple adjustments on glide screws and was ready to go. Great Purchase
Maurice Moen (verified owner) –
As others have said, the rail sliding surfaces are coarsely machined and not smooth. After filing & sanding them to a proper polish and oiled, they slide much better and will get less material trapped between the rails. There are six allen screws to adjust the alignment of the two slide-rail tensioning bars – which on one hand is useful for tuning, but they are a bit difficult to get all set correctly. If they are off just a little the rail will bind when moving from one end of the track to the other. If you leave the tensioning bars loose, the rails will wobble & not follow as predictable of a path. But overall, the vise works well enough. If they had already polished the rail surfaces, I would have given 5 stars.
Bradley Wuckert (verified owner) –
It’s a really useful tool to hold objects, align them and make my drill press way easier to use. I gave 4 stars as it’s not a really precise high dollar unit that would cost much more. Overall, I’m very pleased with it and way easier to drill with than a drill press without it!
Pat Bednar (verified owner) –
works great, definitely needed to change the lubrication but works very well