I can't tell from the website.
I know it's not true rotary, but is it rotary or fixed head?
-Steven
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I can't tell from the website.
I know it's not true rotary, but is it rotary or fixed head?
-Steven
Fixed head, i have three of them. All different vintages, although they weren't called Xuron back in the day, Thomas Vise.
Thanks. That cuts my interest significantly.
Addition, not criticism,
Not quite fixed head these days. The present version has a thumb screw which allows the jaws portion to be rotated 360 degrees. This is, however, quite cumbersome and frankly of no practical use :cool:
I have used a Xuron for a couple years in the eighties (bought off Eric Leiser's Rivergate store for a whopping USD 37.50!) and it is a solid design - one of the dark horse offerings, good quality at a reasonable price
Cheers,
Hans W
I have several of them.
If you don't tie rotary (as most with rotary vises do not), it is a great, indestructible vise.
Hans,
The 360 movement you mention is on the " deluxe" version, while the std version does not have that.
The deluxe version has been around for many years.
Funny, as I recall, when I got my first Xuron, there were really only a handful of premium vises:
Regal, HMH, and Xuron.
Steven,
Perhaps still in your lifetime.....
Do you understand what I was trying to explain?
The bottom of the curved shaft has a ball. The base has a "hole" to trap the ball. You adjust the tension to fit your comfort. You can then tie and move the entire shaft like a floor mounted stick shift lever to get all sorts of views and angles of the jaw/fly..........
The ball allows you to adjust the angle and/or to tilt it front-to-back. It does not rotate the head separately. On the old Xuron the head is held on by an Allen-head set screw. It's my understanding that on the new Xuron the set screw has been replaced by one you can loosen by hand and then rotate the jaws and re-tighten it in the desired position.
I like its simplicity but I would need someone to explain to me why I would spend $160 for the Xuron when I can get a Peak or Anvil true rotary vise for ten dollars less.