Customer Reviews for VEVOR Ball Vise, 127 mm Engraving Setting Tool, 360° Rotation Engraving Block Vise, 35 PCS Attachment Jewelry Engraving Block Tools Standard Block for Gemstone Inlay and Small-Scale Engraving

Some of the attachments are not quite as snug fitting as they could be but given the value for money it's a small niggle. Easy to use, makes close work so much easier. Definitely give it a go.

Overall fine, specially the delivery that was very fast. I personally didn't like it cause it arrived full of oil and the pins kept jumping out when using it. i used it for stone setting, not engraving really. You have to be sure before you purchase it cause no return and refund are accepted if the ball vice doesn't meet your needs. I suggest to watch tons of videos before you do it. Next time i would buy it on Amazon cause they do allow returns and i appreciate that.

For the price it is a good tool

For the money this ball is a good value. Buyers will be much happier with the performance if they take it apart and give it a clean up. I did this by taking it apart removing all the oil, taking a file and removing all the sharp edged burs and bumps and putting small chamfer on all the sharp corners. I made a set of 220 and 320 grit sanding sheets for each half of the ball by cutting sheets in half and cutting a hole in the center for the center post to fit through. Put the ball back together ( with the bearing removed) with the sanding sheets in place and turn the halves against the sand paper for a while to smooth out these surfaces. I did this with the 220 and then 320 washed off both halves with solvent (WD40) and blew it all off with compressed air and wiped it down. Applied a thin film of teflon grease resembled the the ball, turned it a bunch to distribute the grease, then took it apart and wiped of all the excess. Reassembly with the bearing and the vise will spin 8 revolutions with one flick of the hand. When I got it it wouldn't make one full turn with the same effort. All in all I'm happy with this tool.

So this is not a high end GRS or Lindsay level quality but for the price it's great for a beginner or someone who is just engraving as a hobby. I read a lot of forums and reviews and half the people said these were total junk and to the pro who uses a lindsay or GRS everyday it probably is but for the begginer or someone who is just starting out and not sure they want to invest in an expensive vise I would say buy this and save your money for an airgraver.

After reading the reviews I decided to grab one and was pleasantly surprised how good it actually is. It came with some light surface rust on the top vise, a little wd40 and a scotch bright pad took it off. You will need to clean and oil it up, lube the center bolt. Make sure the rotation break bolt is backed out if you want it to turn. Overall knowing it_ a GRS knockoff for the price I think it was a great purchase for starting engraving compared to the name brand ball vise of the same size. With a little tlc it is completely functional.

I order this vise because I cannot afford a GRS at the moment and my work load is of a small/hobby studio. A fellow jeweler suggested I buy the 5" vise but decided to go for the 3", logistics was great, arrived on time and well packaged. I decided to try it right away and I had a small issue. The 3" vise comes with a plastic white base that has no grip so the ball kept slipping and sliding to the sides, I used some cloth, I use tape around the base and no luck :(. I called customer service and they answered right away, I wanted to exchanged it for the bigger one, not an option and unfortunately they had no solution for the slipping base either, they said the 3" vise is meant to be like that ;/, they offer me a shipping credit which is ok, thank you, but no solution for the slipping vise. So I went to "google" and found a GRS rubber base for this vise, I ordered and used it instead of the white plastic base, and it worked! For the price compare to the other high end vises is good, but certainly it could be A LOT better, is working well now that I have the rubber base. So VEVOR it was a small design issue that could be fix with an inexpensive rubber base that could be added to the item!

Has a bit of wobble but didn’t cost me an organ.

I am still waiting for delivery of this item. It was ordered on October 21, 2025.

This ball vise is so sloppy it will not be possible to use. The machining tolerances are terrible. The vise jaws tilt about .025" on each side, the pins for the accessory jaws are loose and allow too much slop the bearing adjustment system does not work correctly. When adjusting the drag for rotation you basically have no rotation or full free rotation but you can't increase tension to have any drag. Also the smell is terrible, it is like a burning rubber smell.