The point is that whenever you go to work with it. Its there. that you dont have a piece move in the vise, or snap the jaw in the middle of the night and have to stop until you get a new vise, mount it...etc.
If you break a wilton pipe combo vise, post a picture. I used one in a shop and dont see that monster getting broken ever.
If your house was hit by a tornado, the vise would remain. The tradesman is a good way to get a quality vise into the hands of the masses, but the Pipe combo vise is for the professionals.
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