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Derek Arita
05-15-2014, 9:00 PM
Just installed my bench vice and I was wondering what you all use for the clamping surface on your vice?
Stan Calow
05-15-2014, 9:14 PM
I use pine scraps. I was taught it should be softer wood than anything you would put in it.
Alden Miller
05-16-2014, 9:33 AM
I have had a couple pieces of plywood as the faces on my vise for about 20 years. Works great.
-Alden
Kent A Bathurst
05-16-2014, 9:43 AM
I use HM. I don't clamp with enough pressure to transfer any witness lines from the vise to the workpiece.
Joe Scharle
05-16-2014, 9:46 AM
BB ply works for me.
Al Launier
05-16-2014, 9:48 AM
I use leather.
Bill McNiel
05-16-2014, 11:44 AM
Hard maple
Stew Hagerty
05-16-2014, 11:51 AM
I used some scraps of Jatoba from a previous project. Jatoba is even harder & denser than Hard Maple. I figure it should way outlast me. Then I did put some leather on the movable face for enhanced grip.
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Rick Potter
05-16-2014, 12:12 PM
Heck, I just used Masonite. Like Kent, I don't squeeze that hard. In my case, I am just trying to avoid scratches from the metal corners.
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Pat Barry
05-16-2014, 12:19 PM
I have covered the metal vice jaws with ash, it matches my workbench
John Hollaway
05-16-2014, 4:55 PM
Do yourself a favor and get the self-adhesive rubber vice face material from Woodworker's Supply. No relationship to them - just my favorite vice face material ever.
Greg Hines, MD
05-16-2014, 9:17 PM
I use MDF, with some rare earth magnets epoxied into it.
Doc
Kent A Bathurst
05-18-2014, 3:14 PM
I use MDF, with some rare earth magnets epoxied into it.
Doc
Me likey this idea.
Bob Vaughan
05-18-2014, 5:11 PM
Russian/Finland birch plywood when I've got it, other wise regular birch. 1/4" thick put on with contact cement. Replace them every few years easily with a little lacquer thinner and a putty knife. The 1/4" faces don't occlude the opening capacity as much as 3/4 faces do. Birch plywood is spongy enough not to risk marring most work when you've got to romp down on the handle.
Shawn Pixley
05-18-2014, 8:04 PM
Red oak scrap on both and added leather on the moveable jaw.
Bryan Cramer
05-19-2014, 10:54 PM
I use poplar- it's more durable than pine but still softer than the woods I work with. I still like a soft wood in my vices.
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