Vise lining

[Cuboodle]

Just getting set up I built a new bench and mounted a new vise. I'm an apartment dweller so space is tight but workable.  The vise I chose  has hard plastic lining. Thinking maybe cork would be better but may get chewed up to easy. What do you fellows use as these jaws are easy to make and replace.

[David R. Pennington]

Mine is wood padded with burlap or cloth.

[M. E. Pering]

Mine are made of maple I have cut off of stock blanks, that I have lined with spare leather that I picked up from Tandy when I made a shoulder holster for a pistol I regularly carry.  Cork could be used, but I think you are right and it would probably get chewed up in not too long.  I have never replaced the leather on my wooden pads.  I merely stuck it to the wood with spray adhesive, and screwed the wood to the metal jaws of the vise.  So far, I have no complaints... It holds the stock without marring the wood.

Matt

[vulture]

Mine are a heavy plastic with leather glued to them, they have a cut out at the bottom that fits over the vice screw shaft, that way I can just drop them in and they stay in place, don't have to have them mounted all the time, easy to remove and clean off any hard bits that have gotten imbedded in the leather and will mar my wood.

[EC121]

My set up  is about the same as Vulture's except I used plywood.

[Eric Krewson]

[flehto]

Mine are the same but have padding under the leather  for some leeway to accommodate slight differences in shapes.  Also...the regular jaw linings are copper.....Fred

[SingleMalt]

Call a local printing company and ask the plant manager or pressroom supervisor for an old blanket.  It's rubber backed with canvas.  Tough, easy to cut, and won't mark anything.  Attach it to wood with plain white glue.

[P.W.Berkuta]

Go to the auto parts store and get rubber reinforced cork gasket material (1/8" - 3/16" thick) and glue it on to maple backers and place it in your vise.

[Dennis Glazener]

Grizzly sells these. I believe they are aluminum with a cork face.

I made a set out of hard maple and glued leather to the face. The back of mine have a gentle curvature rather than the shallow A shape on these.

I have been using mine for over 5 yrs and they are still working fine.
Dennis

They are $16.75  SKU: D3126 Model: H3303

http://www.grizzly.com/products/Tilting-Jaws-for-H3302-Parrot-Vise-/D3126?utm_campaign=zPage

[Cuboodle]

Thanks for the great ideas I'm going to start with practice carving and engraving for a few months I've built a few chambers kits when I had a fully equipped shop read Divorce. But I'm ready to take it to the next level.

[davebozell]

I used contact cement to glue in a couple sections from a leather belt.  It's a Versa vise, and has seen fairly heavy use for about 4 years and the leather is still going strong.

[Turtle]

 I have the same aluminum blocks as Dennis, but I fastened 1/8"X 1/2" steel strips along the top of the center ridge to give them a wider range of angles. I glued rubber sheet to them and also usually use an old welding glove wrist for padding.
                                                   Turtle

[kutter]

I use simple wooden slabs like Eric shows in his pic. Plywood  works well and an old set of some type of hardwood
keeps chugging along too. The latter has a shallow but wide V cut in both jaws horizontally  to hold round or not quite round things better. Both sets are covered in leather glued to the wood with white glue.
I still slap a canvas shot bag or two in the jaws before closing them up on any wood as an extra padding.

If I need something for a tapered wooden item, I fold/double over a canvas bag at one end of the jaws to make them narrower than the other end.

[moleeyes36]

Just getting set up I built a new bench and mounted a new vise. I'm an apartment dweller so space is tight but workable.  The vise I chose  has hard plastic lining. Thinking maybe cork would be better but may get chewed up to easy. What do you fellows use as these jaws are easy to make and replace.

Cuboodle,

I use a stock maker's vise similar to the one you picture and I've found that this type of shelf liner https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-12-x-10-Select-Easy-Liner/16486841 works very well for a vise liner.  A piece of it folded over to double thickness and put in the jaws will provide protection to whatever you are working on and grip your work to virtually eliminate slipping in the jaws.  You can buy this stuff nearly anywhere; you don't have to order it on line.

Mole Eyes 

[Tim Crosby]

 Thick Leather, 8-10 oz, has always worked well for me, skin side out, they are easily slipped off. Some times it needs to be wet to form, just cover the jaws with a plastic bag.

  Tim C.

[Ron Scott]

I have the same vise. The plastic jaws work very well for me. If you decide to replace the jaws in you vice let me know. I would be interested in an extra set.

[Long John]

Mole Eyes,

I r3ecently acquired that same vice from Stewart-MacDonald.  Those plastic jaw pads are high-density polyurethane.  They work great!  I'm more concerned with what to do if/when the wear out.

Best Regards,

John Cholin

[moleeyes36]

John,

I got my vice from Woodcraft several years ago and the jaw pads are hardwood of some sort.  They are holding up well, but if they need to be replaced in the future it should be easy to make some replacements from an oak board.

Mole Eyes