The only drawback was that the tightened cast iron jaws would imprint into wood and their surface was too slippery to hold some smaller items. I tried adding baltic birch jaw liners from an idea I had seen in an older wood working magazine.
The liners have 1/2" grooves routed vertically and laterally which help in holding odd-shaped items. The wood liners are less likely to imprint on any wood clamped in the vise and the surface of the unfinished plywood helps hold slippery items. I added two 3/4" rare earth magnets to the back of each liner to help hold it in place on the jaw face. So far I like the addition to the vise.
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