soft jaws again

[royce]

Went out to the shop this morning to clean up and lost my way.
Cut and fit some yellow cedar soft jaws on a Columbian 3-CD and 9-RD.
Also leathered a Reed 224, with a old welding glove.
The shop is still a wreck.

Royce

 

[lilredex]

Always a big fan of your work!

If you cut a step in those wood vise jaws, you'll find them ever so more useful in gripping things. I use mine for lots of other things other than woodworking.

 

[royce]

Always a big fan of your work!

If you cut a step in those wood vise jaws, you'll find them ever so more useful in gripping things. I use mine for lots of other things other than woodworking.

Good idea lilredex,
Thank you

Royce

 

[toms73novass]

Nice job, I LOL at the getting lost in a side project! Can't tell you the number of times I have attempted to do a thorough cleaning and never got to it because of a spin off project.

 

[dkroth]

Royce,

The cedar is pretty soft, no?

I've got some generic Chinese crate wood soft jaws in my woodworker's vise. I'm planning to replace them with Brazilian cherry flooring scraps - the soft wood jaws just collapse when I'm squeezing anything that's smaller than the vise itself.

 

[royce]

Nice job, I LOL at the getting lost in a side project! Can't tell you the number of times I have attempted to do a thorough cleaning and never got to it because of a spin off project.

Thanks Tom,
Did not Yogi say, when you come to a fork in the road, take it!
Royce

 

[royce]

Royce,

The cedar is pretty soft, no?

I've got some generic Chinese crate wood soft jaws in my woodworker's vise. I'm planning to replace them with Brazilian cherry flooring scraps - the soft wood jaws just collapse when I'm squeezing anything that's smaller than the vise itself.

Yes, probably too soft.
I looked around the shop and it was all I could come up with at the time.
I have some white oak out there somewhere in the frozen abyss, that I was to lazy to shovel out.
Even though these are not the best material, it got me out of cleaning the shop!!!
Maybe in the spring, I can cut some fresh ones, with a rabbet like Lillredex's.
Thanks
Royce