{"id":954,"date":"2015-08-15T00:27:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T18:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog?p=954&preview_id=954"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:41:22","slug":"wooden-bench-vise-jaw-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wooden-bench-vise-jaw-pads\/","title":{"rendered":"Wooden Bench Vise Jaw Pads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was using my bench vise while working on the Airplane Whirligig<\/a> and Antique Car Whirligig<\/a> projects.  While I love this vise and it worked great, there was one big problem – there are some aggressive teeth in the vise and would ruin the smooth surface of my projects.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Notice the aggressive gripping tooth pattern on the standard bench vise. Putting wood into this will leave marks and either create more sanding or ruin a project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So the solution I came up with while working on this project was to use some wood shims between the jaws and my project piece.  And this worked, however got difficult to wrangle all of the wood to ensure it all lined up as I was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I’ve used wooden shims to put between my wood workpieces and the jaws of the bench vise, however they are cumbersome to mange as you have gravity working against you and only so many hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Can You Buy Vise Jaw Pads?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I looked at buying bench vise jaw pads to protect my workpieces.  However, what I saw were in the price range of $18 up to over $60, and none of them seemed to really fit my vise width perfectly. Also, many of them have rubber on the face. While this seems nice, my experience is that often times that rubber will melt or get “gummy” from glue, etc. and end up leaving marks on my workpiece. Even more, many have grooves cut into them for holding pipes and such, which I just don’t need and feel will interfere with my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frustrating.  This really isn’t that complex of a situation, is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reference, here are some viable<\/em> options to consider if you want to purchase a solution. (Make sure you measure you vise to get the right size!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n