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Dana
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2022
This review is for the General 92 pin vice. First of all, it's aesthetically cheap. The swivel head has metal burs sticking out of its side. The size of the drill bit that I needed to use was too wide in diameter to fit in the smallest collet, yet slid out of the second smallest collet despite my mighty attempt at tightening it (which then required the help of locking pliers to unscrew). So I tried another size drill bit. This worked, but as I was holding down the swivel head and turning the tool, the upper compartment for the extra collet unscrewed (also requiring mighty tightening). I finally just put the drill bit that I originally wanted into my trusty rotary tool and turned it by hand, as this was a delicate job that a power tool was too strong for. It gets two stars instead of one only because it did manage to hold the one drill bit.
taylor
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018
Upon arrival seemed like an alright product. But when i put a drill bit in it and went to tighten the chuck it twisted the threads right off and os now useless. Didnt even get to use it once.
Dennis Mickey
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018
I use this type tools a lo in my clock repairs. These are a little more expensive than some alternates, but these are well worth it. very well made. The gnarling is deep making them very nice to use and lock a bit tight.
Anthony Candela
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015
I Use this for miniature pinning and it works like a charm. Tip--- Don't be a barbarian and it won't fail you in this hobby application.
Alex
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015
It broke at the threads when I tightened down the collet. Returning for a refund.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2015
Drill received in good order. It comes with a double size collet. Drill is very impressive and looks like it will meet all my needs for small drills.
Jimmy
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2015
The tool is made very well but did not work for what I was doing making holes on my ship model Jim
J. Tye
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2011
I used this pin vise right out of the box to install pin hinges on my model planes. Works flawlessly. I only wish it came with some drill bits, but I had plenty on hand.
Wendy T
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2011
Reversible chuck has a side for tiny drills (LATER: I am a bonehead and as such didn't notice that this pin vise is dually reversible--it has 2 double-ended chucks that grip bits ranging from wee-tiny to about 1/8" or a little larger. The rotating end cap on the top of the drill doesn't turn all that smoothly, so I discovered the second set of chucks when the back end came off while drilling a hole. Thus chagrined, I am adding that this tool is basically sound with the caveat that, like a lot of similar tools, the rotating end cap could be smooooooother. That said, popping it off and adding a little graphite made it some better with the result that I am now fully satisfied.
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