Soft pads for woodworking vise

[Dave Cav]

Ditto for heavy leather. I got mine from Tandy Leather, I just found a piece big enough for a couple of vise chops. I only put it on the moving jaw, rough side out. I believe I tried spray contact cement first, didn't work, reglued with regular yellow glue. I've done all 3 of my vises like this, works fine.

[Jebediah Eckert]

Regular yellow glue hmmm.........Going to try that next then. Thanks

[Ted Phillips]

Glenn what kind of glue do you use to attach the leather?

I glue leather pads to my wood vise jaws with brown hide glue. It sticks very well to both the wood and the leather. And the bonus is that you can remove it with a bit of moisture and heat - it cleans up very well. This makes replacing the pads a cinch when they get all dinged up. When applying the glue, make sure to apply to both surfaces (the wood and the leather). Since the leather is porous, the pads need to be wetted with glue before sticking them to the jaws.

Hide glue doesn't work as well adhering leather to metal.

TedP

[Mark Gibney]

Thanks Ted, hide glue sounds like the way to go, and yellow good also. The spray glue just didn't work as others have said.