Quote Originally Posted by glenn bradley View Post

My bad; see below.



I obviously wasn't clear. I should have said "and milled them to fit the Harbor Freight clamps" or something like that. The ones being fixed are the Harbor Freight cheap-o's. The Debuques do not require this.

I agree - the DeBuques don't require the wood inserts - they are plenty robust. However, if you are going to be clamping your Debuques in your face vice like Paul Sellers, then the wood keeps the aluminum (or "aluminium" as the Brits call it!) from deforming.

TedP