Removing the diamond pattern from 5" vise jaws.

[Toolmaker51]

Thanks Paul,
Seems like you can always use another set of jaws...magnet is a great idea and use to hold the brass jaws to my steel jaws and for extra capacity the steel jaws may be removed and the brass with magnets used to replace the steel jaws. That will remove the holes from the front of the brass jaws for a continuous clamping surface. My older aluminum jaws may be retro fitted with magnets...
Cheers, JR

All good approaches.
However, using ceramic's [usually 1/8" thick 1/2" diameter ala refrigerator decorations] or very smallest neo's make sure they are less than flush to surface. All are brittle; shattering under pressure. A bit of cyanoacrylate or anaerobic adhesives work well to retain in counterbore.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cyno...=cyanoacrylate