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   Napie | Feb 10, 2009 05:01am | #1

   It is exactly what you want.  Toe-in compensates for the fact that the screw is at the bottom of the vice, without it when you tightened it on a work piece it would spread on the top.   

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   willyx2 | Feb 10, 2009 06:24am | #2

   when I screw down the vise I cant make the bottom, touch...still nothing to worry about.

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   DonC | Feb 10, 2009 07:26am | #3

   Install tapered wood jaw liners.

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   flairwoodworks | Feb 10, 2009 07:48am | #4

   Once you put a piece of wood between the jaws, the vise will rack a little and grab the wood evenly across the jaw.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   Napie | Feb 10, 2009 03:43pm | #6

   It should be fine.  It will also have less toe as you use it and it wears in.  I line my vise (a Yost paternmakers that also has about 3/32" of toe) with leather glued in with contact cement.  My old Record 52 1/2 has the same treatment.

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   roc | Feb 10, 2009 08:17am | #5

   >Install tapered wood jaw liners.

   Yep ! I like bass wood or lime. You can even add leather to the wood jaws to make a great anti mar gripping surface.

   One way you could make the jaws parallel if you want to try that is put the wood jaws in the vice and close the jaws. Then using a big hand saw cut down the seam between the jaws this will make the jaws parallel.

   I agree the taper is normal and desirable though a full eighth of an inch is a lot.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   
   

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   Edited 2/10/2009 12:19 am by roc