Vice lining?

[pe2dave]

Leather. Jaws appear to favour left side (no idea why), so helps.
Sourced from a cheap leather apron on Amazon.

 

[Superduner]

I cut up an old bread board. No idea what sort of wood it is.
The metalworking vice has magnetic rubber inserts with grooves for holding tubular objects.

 

[naughtymoose]

I have a length of Crubber (from Classic Hand Tools) to fit to my Record 52 1/2. I'm nearly at the stage of insetting the vice to the bench. What did you use to stick it to the jaws please?

After a few months of use it has perished along the top edges.

 

[Fergie 307]

I cut up an old bread board. No idea what sort of wood it is.
The metalworking vice has magnetic rubber inserts with grooves for holding tubular objects.

I have a few sets of the plastic jaw covers with magnets.
As you say the horizontal and vertical V grooves are very useful for holding bars. They also come in various different grades of plastic, from soft rubbery ones to very hard.
Really useful.
Also have home made slip on aluminium covers for when I need to give something some serious persuasion without damaging the vice

 

[Hypnotic Chimera]

This is the type of thing that I've heard recommended in the past:

Amazon - Nitrile Bonded Cork

 

[RobNichols]

I have a length of Crubber (from Classic Hand Tools) to fit to my Record 52 1/2. I'm nearly at the stage of insetting the vice to the bench. What did you use to stick it to the jaws please?

I used spray adhesive - perhaps that's why it didn't work too well for me. I saw a recent video where someone used PVA. I think that's probably a better solution.

 

[Chisteve]

Good shout re magnets will give that a try as the home made wood jaws can be a bit tricky and awkward sometimes

 

[andrew_2]

If you find a local saddler, who actually makes stuff, they will often have scraps which can be had for very little. Also makes really good bed wipers for lathes etc.

I got a very stout and nice chunk of leather from my local trad shoemender. It cost me a tenner.

 

[Vulcan]

I fitted leather onto mine.

Kinky!

 

[Chisteve]

I have some pieces of wood with magnets glued into them for use with my metal working vice.
They take seconds to fit/remove.
You’ve got me thinking whether this might be viable for the Parky.

What type and where did you get the magnets as I have no idea on this

 

[HamsterJam]

What type and where did you get the magnets as I have no idea on this

Have absolutely no idea where the magnets came from (I have a small stack of them in the workshop) but they are the disc shaped ‘rare earth’ magnets. Probably about 15mm diameter and 3mm thick.
I just used a forstner bit to create the holes in a couple pieces of softwood and epoxied them in.
Honestly they’re nothing special but I can add a photo in while.

Here are some pictures showing the magnets on the back, front (stuck to the air cleaner where they live) and on the vice (which is not bolted to the bench at present)

 

[Chisteve]

Thanks

 

[Fergie 307]

Just Google rare earth magnets. Massive variety of sizes and shapes, and not expensive.

 

[Jester129]

Aliexpress/Temu/Banggood - take your pick they all sell them pretty cheaply, or used to! HTH.