putting new faces over the cast iron vise
going to use some maple i have but i was looking at the oak only
because it is so tough
the maple is not hard maple but it is also not soft
it is just right and i think it is one of those case where you just
happen to have the perfect pieces lying around
in other words i got lucky
what do you have on your vise faces
In article <[email protected]>, Electric Comet
<[email protected]> wrote:
> what do you have on your vise faces
Birch
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On 5/20/2015 12:06 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Electric Comet wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:40:06 +0100
>> "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have English beech and oak on mine.
>>
>> which side gets which
>> i never thought about mixing species
>
> It's not so much which side gets which, as it is the age of each piece which
> is important. The English beech must be 7 years old on the stump, and
> dropped for not more than 6 months before being milled to its purpose. the
> oak on the other hand must be 11 years old on the stump, but can be longer -
> perhaps up to 19 months before being milled to its purpose. It is also
> important that each are milled at the same time and put into application at
> the same time, to avoid undesired effects. Great volumes could probably be
> written on this topic - if anyone really cared...
>
Shirley, you jest.
On 5/21/2015 4:41 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Just Wondering wrote:
>> On 5/20/2015 12:06 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
>>> Electric Comet wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:40:06 +0100
>>>> "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have English beech and oak on mine.
>>>>
>>>> which side gets which
>>>> i never thought about mixing species
>>>
>>> It's not so much which side gets which, as it is the age of each
>>> piece which is important. The English beech must be 7 years old on
>>> the stump, and dropped for not more than 6 months before being
>>> milled to its purpose. the oak on the other hand must be 11 years
>>> old on the stump, but can be longer - perhaps up to 19 months before
>>> being milled to its purpose. It is also important that each are
>>> milled at the same time and put into application at the same time,
>>> to avoid undesired effects. Great volumes could probably be written
>>> on this topic - if anyone really cared...
>> Shirley, you jest.
>
> Don't call me Shirley!
>
RIP, Leslie Nielson.
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>=20
> what do you have on your vise faces
Red oak. Entire workbench is made from red oak. Never thought about the s=
oftness of the vise face wood and how it might mar the wood being held. I =
don't work with balsa wood and cork. I do use some intelligence when turni=
ng the vise handles to tighten the vise.
Nice and hard, flat surface. But crushes soft or irregular items.
Martin
On 5/17/2015 7:53 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Electric Comet
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> what do you have on your vise faces
>
> Birch
>
On 5/17/2015 8:53 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Electric Comet
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> what do you have on your vise faces
>
> Birch
>
Beech and white oak. The beech is the wood I prefer.. tight grain, and
nice to work.
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Want some give and compression - the whole idea is to protect
and hold in a vise.
I have a gun vice that has inserts that carry foam rubber (high density
closed cell) and the other side is AL.
Depends on what you hold and how hard.
Martin
On 5/16/2015 10:18 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
>
> putting new faces over the cast iron vise
>
> going to use some maple i have but i was looking at the oak only
> because it is so tough
>
> the maple is not hard maple but it is also not soft
> it is just right and i think it is one of those case where you just
> happen to have the perfect pieces lying around
> in other words i got lucky
>
> what do you have on your vise faces
>
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On 5/21/2015 9:47 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I do use some intelligence when turning the vise handles to tighten the vise.
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> On 5/17/2015 8:53 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, Electric Comet
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> what do you have on your vise faces
>>
>> Birch
>>
>
>
> Beech and white oak. The beech is the wood I prefer.. tight grain, and
> nice to work.
+1
I have English beech and oak on mine.
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> putting new faces over the cast iron vise
>
> going to use some maple i have but i was looking at the oak only
> because it is so tough
>
> the maple is not hard maple but it is also not soft
> it is just right and i think it is one of those case where you just
> happen to have the perfect pieces lying around
> in other words i got lucky
>
> what do you have on your vise faces
>
I use Poplar. Strikes me as tough, just soft enough to grip good, hard
enough to resist marking, etc. Can't say that I've regretted it, or even
paid that much attention to it. Didn't like White Oak - seemed too
harsh/hard.
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On Sun, 17 May 2015 00:05:09 -0500
Martin Eastburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Want some give and compression - the whole idea is to protect
> and hold in a vise.
yep why I chose something not too hard so it would not mar the wood
i am working on
On Mon, 18 May 2015 19:02:08 -0400
woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Beech and white oak. The beech is the wood I prefer.. tight grain,
you know beech is a good idea i might try that
On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:40:06 +0100
"Nick" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have English beech and oak on mine.
which side gets which
i never thought about mixing species
Electric Comet wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:40:06 +0100
> "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have English beech and oak on mine.
>
> which side gets which
> i never thought about mixing species
It's not so much which side gets which, as it is the age of each piece which
is important. The English beech must be 7 years old on the stump, and
dropped for not more than 6 months before being milled to its purpose. the
oak on the other hand must be 11 years old on the stump, but can be longer -
perhaps up to 19 months before being milled to its purpose. It is also
important that each are milled at the same time and put into application at
the same time, to avoid undesired effects. Great volumes could probably be
written on this topic - if anyone really cared...
--
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Just Wondering wrote:
> On 5/20/2015 12:06 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
>> Electric Comet wrote:
>>> On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:40:06 +0100
>>> "Nick" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have English beech and oak on mine.
>>>
>>> which side gets which
>>> i never thought about mixing species
>>
>> It's not so much which side gets which, as it is the age of each
>> piece which is important. The English beech must be 7 years old on
>> the stump, and dropped for not more than 6 months before being
>> milled to its purpose. the oak on the other hand must be 11 years
>> old on the stump, but can be longer - perhaps up to 19 months before
>> being milled to its purpose. It is also important that each are
>> milled at the same time and put into application at the same time,
>> to avoid undesired effects. Great volumes could probably be written
>> on this topic - if anyone really cared...
> Shirley, you jest.
Don't call me Shirley!
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On Thu, 21 May 2015 07:47:22 -0700 (PDT)
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > what do you have on your vise faces
>
> Red oak. Entire workbench is made from red oak. Never thought about
red oak is nice choice
> the softness of the vise face wood and how it might mar the wood
> being held. I don't work with balsa wood and cork. I do use some
> intelligence when turning the vise handles to tighten the vise.
i also do not work with blasa or cork
i have worked with cork oak
it depends on what is in the vice
on occasion i have curvy things that go into the vice and i want to
minimize additional sanding
i keep some leaather around to protect them too