Vice soft jaws

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mxs

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Anyone know where can you buy those locally Etobicoke, Mississauga or Brampton?

So far, I found out that the usual suspects don't see carry it.
 
If i wreck another set by heating something in the soft jaws with the oxy/acet,i'm gonna get **** from my boss.The magnets don't like the heat for some reason.;)
 
The stock magnets on the BusyBee ones aren't strong enough to hold the soft jaws on the vice. I replaced the magnets in mine with rare earth ones (drill a slightly oversize hole and JB Weld them in).
 
I picked them up yesterday, works like a charm .... for 8 freaking bucks .... I was amazed. I have been postponing purchase of these for years, finally it's over .... LOL
 
robmack said:
The stock magnets on the BusyBee ones aren't strong enough to hold the soft jaws on the vice.
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I would disagree, works very well on mine. I guess it depends of the material your vice jaws are made of ... I am sure they differ to some degree .... or the magnets in your soft jaw were faulting ...
 
I do know that a lot of what BusyBee sells is pure junk.
Sort of the Crappy Tire of industrial supply.

Soft jaws are used when you don't want to injure the piece you're holding in the vise. If the jaws are softer than the piece the jaws will deform instead of the work piece. (I've always used two pieces of alumium angles... but then I'm a cheap bastard).
 
bitzz said:
I do know that a lot of what BusyBee sells is pure junk.
Sort of the Crappy Tire of industrial supply.

Soft jaws are used when you don't want to injure the piece you're holding in the vise. If the jaws are softer than the piece the jaws will deform instead of the work piece. (I've always used two pieces of alumium angles... but then I'm a cheap bastard).
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And with the fibre jaws you can even hold aluminum angle without damage...:p
 
mxs said:
I would disagree, works very well on mine. I guess it depends of the material your vice jaws are made of ... I am sure they differ to some degree .... or the magnets in your soft jaw were faulting ...
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There might be a material difference between your vice and mine. I have a Yost 104 and maybe the jaw inserts used 60 years ago had less iron content than ones today; I don't know. I do know that the BusyBee soft jaws would just fall onto the floor when I opened the vice, making them very frustrating to use. The flexible refrigerator magnets they used just did not hold. Two small rare-earth magnets per soft jaw solved my problem.
 
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