Ombra vise - an indispensable garage tool
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Ombra vise - an indispensable garage tool

Today we will talk about such a metalwork tool as a vise, which is simply necessary in the garage of everyone who repairs or dismantles cars. Of course, if you come to the garage twice a year to change your shoes from summer to winter tires and vice versa, then in principle you don’t need such a tool. And if you are constantly engaged in maintenance, repair of your car, you simply cannot do without a vice.

While I had to choose a vice, I used a rented garage, which, by the way, already had a vice from the times of the USSR. The thing, of course, is of high quality, but over time it is already quite worn out, with sponges falling off all the time, excessive backlash in work, etc. Therefore, it was decided to buy a new instrument, which would be enough for more than a dozen years.

Since the Ombra tool is constantly present in my use, and probably more than 70% of all available in my arsenal, it was decided to choose a vise from this manufacturer, since a certain trust has developed in this company over several years. The old vise was quite small and not always powerful enough to clamp something large and, most importantly, hold it firmly in place. That is why the choice was made on the Ombra A90047 model, which has the following characteristics:

  1. Jaw size 200 mm - smaller sizes can also be used
  2. The presence of a special gripper for parts with a circular cross-section
  3. Mounted on a workbench in three locations
  4. Swivel mechanism with a convenient lock
  5. Having a large anvil

garage vise Ombra

More than a year has passed since the purchase and I had to work with this vice quite often. There were simply hopeless cases when the steering knuckles could not be removed from the car without a CV joint, that is, it was simply impossible to unscrew the front hub nut in place for certain reasons. When clamping the CV joint in a vice, the nuts were unscrewed, of course, using considerable levers. I think everyone represents the effort with which the front wheel hub nuts are tightened .... By the way, according to the maximum grip between the jaws, it is 220 mm.

Ombra vise overview

This tool now seems familiar, but in the absence of them, when you work in another garage, you immediately realize that this is the tool that you simply cannot do without when repairing your car, or disassembling, which is what I do. The price for the Ombra vise of this model ranges from 9300 to 12 rubles, but this tool is certainly worth the money spent on it.