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Title: Wood for vice Post by: koba on August 14, 2011, 08:16:10 am What kind of wood do you use for the pads on your saw vice? Tried cedar but seems to be a little to soft. The plywood that came with it was very hard and made it hard to grip the rock. Any advice will be appreciated. KOBA
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: hulagrub on August 14, 2011, 08:51:44 am Koba, seems like maple is a standard. But a lot of times, I will slip a piece of pine in with rough, to get a better grip. Also use wedges, some thin shims and an occassional 2x4 cut at 45*, for different shapes.
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: koba on August 14, 2011, 09:39:24 am I'm talking about the wood you bolt to the vice,I have used shims for different shaped rocks. Do I want a soft wood or hard wood as the vice facing? Thanks KOBA
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: hulagrub on August 14, 2011, 09:51:54 am Maple. I believe? Sorry that my mind wandered.
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: hulagrub on August 14, 2011, 09:53:36 am Have thought about replacing the wood on my 20 incher with plywood, but figure it wouldn't last very long.
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: bobby1 on August 14, 2011, 10:14:00 am So far plywood is working great for me.
Bob Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: Rockoteer on August 14, 2011, 02:49:35 pm Mine have some hardboard (manufactured). Both are Lortones. TOG Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: johnjsgems on August 14, 2011, 08:06:28 pm Plywood would work and be cheap to replace. The hardwood jaws on my old HP are so hard I usually also use pine scraps to grip rocks as mentioned.
Title: Re: Wood for vice Post by: socalagatehound on August 14, 2011, 09:33:34 pm I bought some scrap 3/4" hardwood plywood at Home Depot that works great. It was more expensive than regular plywood, but I got enough scraps to make vice jaws for about 10 years. Didn't realize it would last as long as it has. I have a 20" Covington and saw a lot. I flip the wood and use both sides. Complete change about once a year. |