HHIP 3900-2279 Aluminum Soft Rubber-Face Vise Jaw with Magnet, 8" Width x 1-1/8" Height

Very good to hold something you don't want the metal vice jaws to mar.

It's awesome

These are great. Makes a junk vise with gnarly jaws a lot more useful.I often need to clamp aluminum and other soft metals/plastics. This really helps to keep the damage down.Everyone with a vise should have a set of magnetic soft jaws.

I like these jaws, they're well machined, fit together well and protect your work when you need them. The only thing that keeps them from being a 5 star product are the weak magnets. They're just not strong enough and as a result they slip when you need them to stay put. So I took a chisel to the magnets (covered them first with painters tape because they are very brittle and will shatter and fly all over - wear safety glasses) then scraped out the remnants and the adhesive with a pick. These things are better made than you may think. The original magnets appear to have been glued into metal cups (like freeze plugs) which were then pressed into the aluminum. Once I cleaned out the cups I epoxied in some 16x4mm replacement magnets. NOW they're worth 5 stars!

The magnets are not very strong, so these magnetic vise jaws do not stay put. To make matters worse, when they fall on the floor the magnets pop out and break because the adhesive holding them in is weak. Time to order some different ones.

Magnets are good. I had a previous set of soft jaws and I like these much better.With that being said. I use my nylon soft jaws the most. I was on the fence with the nylon at first but those puppies get the most use

You wont be disappointed

I had high hopes for this item, MAYBE if you clamped something full width they would work, however if you clamp down on anything that is not the full 8" the rubber bows out, ours fell off at one point. We used JB weld to hold it in place, even then anything less than 8" caused the rubber to bulge out. They "look" good, but are not, at least not for a fully functional shop that holds various sized items in the vice. I would be in good conscious to call these trash, from what we have experienced. The only redeeming quality is that the magnets are strong, and their finish is nice, but the fatal flaw is in the rubber...the most important part.

The adhesive that holds magnets and jaw rubber needed immediate repairs

Quality product, works well.

Great buy!

Nachdem ich mir (zufällig) einen hhip-Schraubstock zugelegt habe , habe ich diese Messingbacken entdeckt . Es deutet leider nichts darauf hin , daß die gelieferten von hhip sind . Ist wohl ein Lager-Überbleibsel .Für knapp 12,- jedenfalls 5 Sterne . Haben gut 400g und große Neodym-Magnete eingebaut . Man kann deshalb an die Profilseite sogar einen Blechwinkel mit aufgeklebtem Filz etc. 'anheften' , also doppelte Schonbacken-Funktionalität . Die Messingbacken machen sich auch sehr gut auf einem Saugnapf-Minischraubstock , der damit sein mickriges Dasein abrupt beenden kann .Ich habe deshalb noch hhip-Alubacken nachbestellt , die mit diesen hochwertigen Messingbacken leider nur den Namen gemein haben . Diese allerdings hpts. zum Zusammenschnippeln , so daß man auch 50mm-Backen in einen 150mm Schraubstock einspannen kann . Kurze Backen sind leider öfter notwendig als lange , zB. beim Abschneiden von Schrauben , wo der Schraubenkopf immer störend ist .Messingbacken sind leider nirgends erhältlich , weshalb ich weiterhin recht zufrieden bin .