Can a vise be too big?

[Highpower]

(09-07-2012, 10:52 AM)EdK Wrote: .... but I ran into some situations where the 4" could not open wide enough for the project I was working on

I've run into the same thing with my 4" vice as well Ed. But I just swapped the jaws to the outside of the vice blocks. If your part isn't too tall you can get away with it.