> On Apr 8, 6:21 pm, BottleBob earthlink.net> wrote:

>> To All:
>>
>> Just to alert everyone to a freak problem we had with a Kurt type vise.
>> The problem happened with an MSC Kurt look-alike vise. A coworker was
>> putting some flats on both sides of some .125 pins. But then some of
>> the pins' flats were off center even after being indicated in. So we
>> put an indicator on the back jaw (a custom made one) and saw that when
>> the vise was tightened the indicator moved some .005. Then we put the
>> indicator on the back of the immovable jaw support (at least
>> theoretically immovable). And IT MOVED .005 when the vise was
>> tightened. The vise was taken off the machine and the solid support
>> was taken off the base and all surfaces and the key and keyway were
>> cleaned, deburred and reassembled. It STILL moved when tightened.
>> Now I'm not saying this couldn't happen to a real Kurt, but it DID
>> happen to non-Kurt vise.

> If this is one of those Chinese Kurt knock-offs then you deserve what
> you got. How much money have you saved now?