Back plate for older woodworking vises

[Jozsef Gitta]

I am restoring an old Abernathy model70d vise and notice that there are no holes to attach a wooden plate on the back jaw. After looking at a few other manufacturers that seems to be the norm. Does anyone have information on this. Most pictures only show the steel or sometimes a front wood block but not the rear.
Notice on mine that there are two countersunk holes for mounting but no holes to attache wooden blocks.
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[Bill Dufour]

Easy enough to use the mounting bolts to hold on an extra piece of wood. A little more trouble to replace. No reason not to drill a few small mounting holes in the back jaw.
BilL D

[Philip Glover]

Another way is to counter-bore the jaw material for rare earth magnets and glue them into the c-bores. Epoxy or CA can be used. I like CA because it’s quick.

Phil