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The Starrett Pin Vise Set has a smaller body diameter than the chuck, for fast opening, closing and rotation. Incorporating convenience and excellence, Starrett tools are designed to be user-friendly. Whether you're an experienced professional or an amateur when it comes to home improvement, our tools are handy and accessible. It features a special tapered collet for an improved grip and maximum clamping surface, to secure vices into place for precision work ensuring quality results. Used in a wide variety of industries as an essential part of metalworking and woodworking, Starrett tools can be used in various applications and offers unparalleled service with execution like no other. Manufacturing long-lasting and easy-to-use tools that provide consistent and reliable performance since 1880, Starrett tools are made with the highest standard of quality and workmanship, manufacturing more than 5,000 various tools, gages, and instruments, providing fine precision tools for industrial, professional, and consumer markets worldwide.
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Starrett pin vises are useful for securely holding small stock, taps, drills, reamers, scribers, wire, small files, and other tools,
Poor Pig
Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2020
As usual, all Starrett products are first rate
Tom
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2020
Starrett have a good name for tools. My experience with them has been a bit hit-and-miss to date, unfortunately. They're expensive, so you’re expecting top quality, but you're likely in for a disappointment, unfortunately.The last set of Starrett pin vices I bought were, to put not too fine a point on it, simply not fit for purpose. They've been returned. This Starrett S240Z example is significantly better, but given the cost I’m still not that impressed.The Pro’s:The pin vices have a good heft; they feel good in the hand. The knurling on the tools is sharp and well defined, offering an excellent interface between the user and the tools. They look good and I like the hollow design, allowing the vice to grip tools that are ostensibly too long.Unlike the previous Starrett examples, where the collets are fixed in handle and have a polished finish, the S240Z collets are removable and have been given a black oxide finish, which looks very smart. The collet jaws look to have been manufactured with some care and the jaws are made well enough that I’m confident that the drill bits I’ll be using will be well centred in the vice, certainly well enough for my purposes.In use, the collet offers a reasonable grip to the bits being worked with. Using the B collet, drilling a 1.5mm hole in soft wood was possible, though I needed to be very careful about the amount of pressure I was applying, or the drill bit would slip in the vice. With a little perseverance, it worked however. That’s a big improvement over the previous example.The Con’s:The screw threads for each of the collet heads, as with the last set, is of very poor quality. A little cleaning and lubrication made them feel much better, but as you can see from the photographs the threads themselves are pretty chewy.In Summary:Given the cost of these simple tools I would expect that the fit & finish would be much better, with a cleaner, more refined collet retaining thread and a collet jaw design that offered significantly better grip.They do what I need them to, in this instance, and I’ll be hanging on to them. Given the cost, however, I can’t offer any more that a 3-star rating. They’re better than the junk I’ve had before, but if I’d have looked at these in a shop, having seen how poorly they had been finished, I certainly wouldn’t have bought them given the price.Pretty on the outside, with lots of potential, but poorly crafted on the inside where it matters I'm afraid.
radioONEONE
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2016
I bought these to do some precision drilling - 1.5mm bits into FR4. They are high quality, but didn't work well for my applicationI got better holding power with an $8 one from china. With these Starrett pin vices, the bits just slip out of the spindle too easily. In order to get the bit to stay, you need to crank on the collet with a pair of pliers, which mars and damages the knurled finish. They look really nice, but fall short in functionality.The cheap Chinese ones have spring loaded spindles which probably won't last as long, but actually function much better.
D B O
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
As usual, great Professional product from L.S Starrett! More expensive than others but worth it, if you need precision tools.
Entity
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
Thought the quality would be better being that it was Starrett. I am a Tool and Die maker by trade, and just not up to my standards.
john89ez
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2011
I bought the cheep knock offs for $20 on ebay now Im back to starrett. Hope this american company keeps the quality up. I dont miss the money after using these.
S. lazarus
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2007
The pin vises were as expected...top quality, items that will last. and something fun to own. Starrett productsprovide a telling background against which to evaluate other tools and devices. In so doing, the mediocrity of the other products (mostly foreign) is unveiled. I f you're thinking cheap and searching for great deals (junk, i.e.), don't waste your time thinking of Starrett!
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