pipe vise

[Chillimau]

I've been looking for a pipe vise on ebay. What are the pro's and cons of a yoke type or chain type for up to 2" pipe. Will be a bench mount either way. Never had a vise for just pipe always used a regular vise and fought it.

Thanks

Gary

 

[Turfman]

I have a little chain type I use for sprinkler work, I like it fine. It is a Rigid and is very well made. I wanted one for a long time and found one on sale at Home Depot for about 25.00 and when they rang it up they had reduced it another 60%, so I went back and bought all the Rigid tools they had on sale. Got several PVC cutters for about 9.00. Sorry, they only had the one pipe vise.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Chain vises tend to be a lot handier once you get the idea of all the strange shapes they can hold. It's also really hard to slam a sensitive portion of your anatomy into the yolk of a chain vise. Best of all, you can get a lot better grip with a chain vise.

 

[Chillimau]

Thanks Guys,

I hadn't thought about clamping odd ball stuff with a chain vise. Excellent idea!

Thanks

Gary