Copper jaw liners in Vise

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I posted this photo over in my thread about welding a 2" receiver onto a 1.25" stinger.

This vise had home-made copper jaw liners in it when I found it buried in junk in the back of the barn. One of Dad's many yard sale finds, one of five good vises I found there. The serrations in the vise's original jaws are immaculate so the liners must have been there since new. I suppose the purpose for the liners was a soft grip on a workpiece.

I mounted the vise on a HF grinder stand. This makes a great portable welding jig.

I think the copper jaw liners improve grounding to the workpiece, as well as protecting the vise from slag and grinder nicks.

Anybody ever seen a vise adapted this way for welding?

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Gary Fowler

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You can actually buy soft jaws for vises, just order by jaw width. They have "fingers" on each side to bend around the back of the jaw to hold them in place. They can be had with copper or brass base metal.
 
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