[TheForge] Re: Vise type

[Mike Spencer]

> the ultra plastic may work just fine but in the machine shop we
> always used sheet aluminum (under 1/8") in the vice jaws to keep
> from gouging up a piece. advantage is that it can be easily bent
> around the jaws to stay on and can be thrown away when used up. buy
> aluminum anywhere.

I use 3/16" aluminum, more or less form-fitted -- bashed into place --
and it proves thick enough that hot, rough things clamped real tight
don't cut through it.  I get scraps from a shop that does truck boxes
and gear for trawlers so it's a lot harder than pure aluminum.

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 
                                 
http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/