Quote Originally Posted by Steve Seebold View Post
I ALWAYS use soft jaws in my vise. I will indicate the vise straight and then machine a step in the jaws and I get a surface that's parallel to the axis of the machine.

I took the steel jaws out of my vise right after I got it, so it's probably been 3 years since I started using aluminum soft haws. For the price I get them for, I won't be going back to steel jaws any time soon.

When I get a job that requires a stronger jaw. I'll make some out of 7075 aluminum. The jaws I buy are made from 6061.
And that relates to the topic of this thread how??