New Jaws for Bench Vise Made From an Old File

[Toolmaker51]

Some forums are elitist; you'll get flack occasionally responding to something 4-5 even 10 years past.
Those clowns think they know everything (including other solutions) worthwhile? We've all seen examples, guys who can't figure out a bandsaw fence or height gauge scriber clamp.......
Meanwhile, here at HMT.net and this instant 26 folks are viewing this 'old' thread and picking up at least 4 bits of useful info. There is very little that isn't evolving around DIY, but choosing old versus new doesn't have to be a guess.

[Moldyjim]

Some forums are elitist; you'll get flack occasionally responding to something 4-5 even 10 years past.
Those clowns think they know everything (including other solutions) worthwhile? We've all seen examples, guys who can't figure out a bandsaw fence or height gauge scriber clamp.......
Meanwhile, here at HMT.net and this instant 26 folks are viewing this 'old' thread and picking up at least 4 bits of useful info. There is very little that isn't evolving around DIY, but choosing old versus new doesn't have to be a guess.

I started collecting old machine shop and mechanical engineering books when I first started in the trade.
I couldn't count how many times a paragraph or two from a fifty year old book came in handy.
Just because the info is old, doesn't mean it's not useful.
I have a few vises that could use some nice file jaws.
Thanks for bring this idea to the top.

[bilbo88]

This forum is the best, for that reason. Truly. Practical Machinist has a lot of good info, but it's just as you described: lots of elitist forum-nazis, so I don't bother interacting there. Life's too short for that nonsense.