How many vise jaws do you have?

[MikeL46]

I noticed I have 7 pairs of jaws for my milling machine vise. The original, hardened jaws; same size aluminum; homemade tall steel; homemade tall and wide aluminum; and three homemade sets of sacrificial aluminum jaws. The hard jaws are used about 90% of the time and the oversize aluminum set will cover most of the other needs and the others are for special needs. It is nice having jaws that I don't mind modifying or adding holes/pins/features for the occasional odd job.

Maybe that is why I made a little tool just for changing jaws (see my post at the top of: http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/thr...-Tools/page213).

Mike

[flylo]

When you walk by your vice do you get the Jaws movie music in your head?

[PixMan]

Me? Two vises for the mill, both 6" Kurts. One set of OE hard jaws each, single pairs of tall and normal 6" aluminum, one 12" long aluminum that I bought used before I got the second vise, and one set of soft steel.

[_Paul_]

when you walk by your vice do you get the jaws movie music in your head?

rofl

[Frank Ford]

Thanks to Monster Jaws I have lots of mill vise jaws - steel and aluminum soft jaws modified with steps, milled for special jobs, oversize, and new ones ready to use for the next dumb thing I get myself into.

[Paul Alciatore]

I haven't made any extra jaws for my milling vises yet, but for my bench vise I have aluminum, wood (oak), and soft rubber like jaws. All of them are magnetically attached.

[legendboy]

I get tired of constantly changing the jaws on my vice. Its pretty hard to beat Monster Jaws as frank posted.