Tipton Ultra Gun Vise + Wheeler Tool Kit ($129) @ Midway USA

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Ezana4CE

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Saw this deal and it was good enough to buy. The price for the vise alone was comparable to a couple of other vendors, but I can always use more tools. Anyone use one of these? If so how do you rate the value for the price point?

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Tipton Ultra Gun Vise Wheeler 43-Piece Gunsmithing Screwdriver Set

The Tipton Ultra Gun Vise is the ultimate shooters tool which features different modules that can be quickly moved, rearranged or removed anywhere along...
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I have the vise. It's heavy despite being mostly injection molded plastic. The clamping power isn't that strong because of the coarseness of the molded threads. This affects the clamping force of the yokes on the gun as well as the clamping force that holds the bracket elevation. Mine is wide enough to fit a 60mm bottle, but not by much.

YouTube has a couple of videos on how to sand down the clamp pads to increase the friction contact area, and it does help, but I have still had times where the yokes dropped on me, and that's related to the coarse plastic threads allowing the knobs to spring back out.

I think they are good for scope work (I got it on sale with the scope level kit). I would not pay full price for one, but as part of a package deal it's a good value. But they are heavy and bulky.
 
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Chris_K said:
I have the vise. It's heavy despite being mostly injection molded plastic. The clamping power isn't that strong because of the coarseness of the molded threads. This affects the clamping force of the yokes on the gun as well as the clamping force that holds the bracket elevation. Mine is wide enough to fit a 60mm bottle, but not by much.

YouTube has a couple of videos on how to sand down the clamp pads to increase the friction contact area, and it does help, but I have still had times where the yokes dropped on me, and that's related to the coarse plastic threads allowing the knobs to spring back out.

I think they are good for scope work (I got it on sale with the scope level kit). I would not pay full price for one, but as part of a package deal it's a good value. But they are heavy and bulky.
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@Chris_K That’s what I wanted to read. My initial impression was, “This is a lot of plastic. And thick plastic. Damn, the knobs are plastic too?” But I can say that it feels a lot better than my original Tipton vise. The leveling feet seem like it can be good for scope work. I’ll have to see how it holds up long term. If you have to do any sort of work requiring bracing for torquing (let’s say a barrel or a reservoir tube), this vise doesn’t seem like the go-to tool to use. An actual padded armorer’s vise would probably be best. My opinion here based upon my initial impression.
 
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Chris_K said:
Agreed on the not using these for heavy wrenching. I'd even limit the pin punching to stuff only needing light tapping. Honestly these work stations should really just be called work stations and not vises.
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@Chris_K Precisely and that’s really what I had in mind. The Tipton Ultra Vise has been attractive to me for some time because it has the ability to stabilize the forestock and the butstock simultaneously. The original Tipton vise only stabilizes the butstock (or one end of the object you’re working on). I’d been eyeballing this thing on and off for about 2 years.
 
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Here’s the tool set that came in the package deal. Not the most refined tool set, but I think it will do for some basic airgun applications.

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Ezana4CE said:
It's not called "the addiction" for nothing. Since my life doesn't depend on it, I'd like to not go overboard with the spending.
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Thanks for the heads-up on this deal. I need a workstation and this should cover my requirements quite well. Got one coming now ;). I've been using a model airplane stand and it doesn't do much but hold each end off the table.
 
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