The vice arrived well packaged and throughly oiled. Overall I am now very happy with the quality of construction. Initially I was unable to mill to a true square and after using a Dial indicator, I found that the fixed jaw was not completely square to the vice bed. I removed this fixed jaw, cleaned off the surplus oil and made sure the mating surfaces were completely smooth. After reassembly the fixed jaw was measuring correctly. The vice is very easy to tighten but I find the supplied jointed lever quite awkward to use. I remedied this by making a small handle so now I can open and close the vice very quickly, only using the supplied lever to achieve maximum tightness. I expect to get many years of use from this vice and would not hesitate to recommend this vice to other engineers.