What the heck is a Foot Vise! Those were exactly my words when I saw this on E-bay. I was browsing thru the tool section one Sunday evening looking for plumbing stuff and saw this for sale. Actually the one in the ad was the model that worked with sizes from 1 1/4″ thru 2″ pipe.I searched E-bay for a model that would take smaller pipe sizes, but couldn’t find anything.

I then proceeded to Google Foot-Vise and to my surprise I was taken to a website called ARGCO.COM. I searched for the smaller model and to my surprise, they were back-ordered. Well needless to say I placed my order and about three weeks later my Foot-Vise arrived. I thought where have I been that I never knew these existed. For small service and repair jobs I always used the good old two pipe wrench method, one acted as a vise and the other to turn the fitting. This worked whether you were working with 1/2″ thru 2″ pipe as long as you were using the proper sized wrenches. The problem always was if you had a stubborn fitting that didn’t want to come off, you chanced getting your knuckles banged up if the wrenches fell over.

This is one of the greatest tools I own and believe it or not, I haven’t even put in my service vehicle yet. WHY! Well that’s going to change as of the publishing date of this article. Check out the video and see if you agree with me, it’s GREAT! And if you’re working with larger sizes 1 1/4″ thru 2″ it’s even better. Trust me trying to make up fittings with a couple of two foot wrenches takes some practice.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this short video and as always you can always reach me at info@bobsplumbingvideos.com.

HAPPY PLUMBING!