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Get them at Lowes for around $8. I agree with the other reviewer,(12/9/05) these don't have a strong magnetic hold but this is not a huge problem. They do a fine job preventing marring of any delicate items needing to be secured.
Fortunately, it hasn't presented a problem since -- no bleed into items being clamped. Now the jaws will actually stay attached to the vise.With those issues solved, the jaws have performed well. The first problem was that taking it out of the package turned my hands yellow.
Highly annoying. They hold material in a wide array of shapes securely and have never damaged anything I have had clamped. I fixed this problem by digging the magnets out and replacing them with like-sized rare earth magnets (held in place with a dab of silicone).
Bought this a while back and have been a little disappointed. The attraction between the material used for the jaws is actually stronger than the magnets such that closing your vice (with nothing in it) and then reopening causes the two jaws to stick together and then fall to the ground. Just didn't expect so much fettling before the product was useable.
Had to clean the jaws about four times (with a scrub brush and dishwashing liquid) before the yellow stopped showing up in the rinse water. The other problem is that the magnets used are woefully underpowered.
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