Workshop Clamping & Workholding Basics

A bench vise can hold your part, but its jaws could mark the surface. What is intended to protect that surface at the jaws?

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 Correct IncorrectUse suitable jaw liners when the vise jaws could mark the work. They protect the contact surfaces while the vise holds the part. Choose liners appropriate to the material and task, and confirm that the work remains secure; simply loosening the vise is not a substitute for surface protection.

A bench vise can hold your part, but its jaws could mark the surface. What is intended to protect that surface at the jaws?

• Extra oil spread over the gripping surfaces
• Suitable protective jaw liners
• A hammer blow to flatten the part against the jaws
• Leaving the part loose enough to slide