Vice recommendations

Alright it's time, I need a bench vice but boy are they dear! Theres a few 3" or 4" ones on the bay for less than £30 new delivered. Any good?

Needed for seized bb removal, seatpost removal, etc, etc.

I have plenty of vices I could recommend. Not one of them will help with a stuck bb though.

damn - you beat me to it Gav!

I was coming here with same idea guys...

K. Has anyone got any sensible advice???

dont get addicted

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/36295/Hand-Tools/Vices-Clamps/Vices/Workshop-Engineers-Vices/Forge-Steel-Workshop-Vice-with-Swivel-Base-6

Swivel base is essential in garages / sheds with limited space.

You should find usable one for under ten euros at shops selling Chinese shite.
Or wait for a Lidl campaign.

Cheap shite ones are OK. It's a brute force tool. Save money for tools where finesse counts.

record are the benchmark, although this is versatile

Try car boot sales and house clearance warehouses etc

Very important lesson for you:

Most cheap home workshop vices from places like lidl or discount hardware shop selling mainly chinese stuff have serrated/cross-hatched surface on the jaws.

This will mangle your tools.

When selecting a vice for bike use, you want nice large flat jaws that will grip to a freewheel tool well without fucking it up.

Very important lesson for you:

Most cheap home workshop vices from places like lidl or discount hardware shop selling mainly chinese stuff have serrated/cross-hatched surface on the jaws.

This will mangle your tools.

its not the end of the world if it they do have serrated jaws
2 strips of steel bent at 90 degrees, instead of buying strips and bending you could just get some angle iron, will give you a flat jaw
a bit of double sided tape will stop it sliding about while the vice isnt under load
then you have the best of both worlds

heres a portable vice, you can fit to any worktop, bench, table etc
Irwin Record TV75B Portable Table Vice 3" / 75mm £20.80
heres a decent bench vice at a great price
Sealey Vice 100mm Fixed Base Professional Heavy-Duty £37.95

http://www.tooled-up.com/SubCategory.asp?CID=26&SCID=406

Record every time, I managed to snap two cheaper vices in the space of about 6 month during a bit of garage 'bodging' when building a kit car.

I've abused my 6" record vice: battered it with a massive hammer, hung on it with a 1m extension to press suspension bushings and it just soaks it all up!

Got mine from ebay for about£40