Unboxing the WoodRiver 6" Quick Vise: A Fast Clamp for Shooting Multiple Molds

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This is the WoodRiver 6” Quick Vise, my new clamp for racking and shooting injection molds. This thing is fantastic so far: an extremely quick, convenient, and capable clamp for shooting multiple molds if you aren’t ready to jump up to a pneumatic vise or large, bulky, expensive furniture clamps.

Out of the box

The WoodRiver 6 inch Quick Vise box on a wood table — The WoodRiver 6" Quick Vise.

The vise in its open shipping box: a black frame on steel rods with green jaw pads and a green handle — Out of the box.

It comes completely assembled and ready to rock. The packaging is simple, which is perfect. Why would it need to be fancy for a woodworking vise?

Racking your molds

Six aluminum molds laid flat on a gray heating mat — Molds warming on the heating mat.

The open vise sitting on the heating mat beside the warming molds — Vise open and ready for the molds.

Just set the vise down, add your molds, ratchet them tight using the green handle, and you’re ready to shoot. It couldn’t be easier. It’ll realistically hold 5-6 standard-width molds, which is what I maxed it out with in the dry run pictured here. The molds sit on the bottom rails for built-in stability.

Six aluminum molds standing on edge in the vise, sprue holes up — Molds in, sitting on the bottom rails.

The molds clamped in the vise, with a thumbs-up — Tight, secure, and ready to shoot.

Releasing the molds is just as simple: use the metal release lever and slide the vise back open.

Simple perfection. It’s much easier and more efficient than having to twist to tighten and release multiple clamps, especially with gloves on.

How it’s holding up

So far it’s been great after 10 uses. At the $60 I paid, it’s a fantastic buy, and I’ll almost definitely be getting more of these for bigger runs. I actually like the modular, compact size too. It lets me do big pour runs in a confined space.

Where to go next

The Crossbow My low-mess injector filling station. Beginners guide The gear and supplies to get started. Hook Book Exact recipes for every Crusher color.