Gibraltar XTMV/ST/4 Toolmakers Vise Flat Jaw Steel

Product Description

The GIBRALTAR XTMV/ST/4 is a steel toolmaker's vise designed for precision workholding in machining, grinding, and inspection applications. It features a flat jaw profile with a 2.87-inch jaw width and a 3-inch jaw opening capacity. Parallelism is held to 0.003 inches and squareness to 0.005 inches, making it suitable for close-tolerance setups on surface grinders, milling machines, and CMM fixtures. The vise measures 10 inches in overall length and 4.25 inches in overall height. At 12.32 pounds, it provides the mass needed for stable workholding without excessive bench footprint. Machinists, toolmakers, and precision grinders are the primary installers and users of this type of vise.

This vise is suited for use in machine shops, tool rooms, and quality inspection environments where flat, repeatable jaw contact is required. The flat jaw geometry accommodates prismatic workpieces and parallel stock. It is commonly used on surface grinder magnetic chucks, milling machine tables, and inspection surface plates where maintaining precise angular and parallel relationships between the jaw faces and the workpiece datum is critical to part accuracy.

Key Features

• Flat jaw profile provides consistent, repeatable contact on prismatic workpieces
• Parallelism held to 0.003 inches for close-tolerance grinding and inspection setups
• Squareness held to 0.005 inches ensuring accurate angular workholding
• 2.87-inch jaw width accommodates a range of small to medium workpiece sizes
• 3-inch jaw opening capacity handles varied stock thicknesses
• Steel construction for rigidity and long service life in production environments

Compatibility

Designed as a precision toolmaker's vise suitable for use on surface grinders, milling machine tables, and inspection surface plates where flat jaw workholding and tight parallelism tolerances are required.

Installation Notes

Toolmaker's vises are installed by machinists and toolmakers using standard clamping hardware or magnetic chucks appropriate to the machine table. Ensure the machine table or magnetic chuck is de-energized or powered down before positioning the vise. Clean the mounting surface and vise base thoroughly before seating to maintain the specified parallelism and squareness. Verify jaw face alignment with an indicator before beginning close-tolerance work.