[WOTDesigns]

Hey Brian, don't EVER try to make your own soft jaws. Buy them from Monster-Jaws in Placentia. They're at 751 Monroe Way, Orangethorpe and the 57 FWY.

Last time I bought them, I got 12 sets for $120.00. You can't afford to make them for that price. There's $8.50 just in material. That leaves you $1.50 to do the machining (and Monster-Jaws are machined on all 6 sides). I hate to tell you Buddy, you might be fast, but you ain't that fast.

They are less that a mile from my shop Steve, and I buy all my jaws from them. I was talking about Chick jaws. Totally different and they don't make anything even close yet. The jaws are giant blocks like 6"x4"x1.5" or so and are EXPENSIVE, but bolting a solid block on top requires next to know work.

On a side note I pressed part of the word "monster jaws" which they engrave on the vice of their jaws into a whole bunch of powder coated finished calipers. Cost me $2500 in powder coating and stripping.

I use their steal jaws too. Good stuff!
Here was the set up that we ran thousands of calipers through. Just undercutting a relief in the bore then machine deburing with a single point engraving shaped tool.

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Brian
WOT Designs

[tmarks11]

nice! Looks like a job that is begging for some kind of fixture plate so you can load up your table with more than 4 calipers.