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Hot take: my bench vise jaw swap from smooth to serrated chewed up a walnut board in 2 passes
Swapped the smooth jaws for serrated ones on my 6 inch vise last Tuesday, and the first walnut panel I clamped came out with deep bite marks after just 2 passes on the plane. Same wood, same pressure, same bench. The old smooth jaws had a strip of leather I glued on years ago, and pulling that off is what did it. Called my wood guy Ray in Dayton and he said serrated jaws are for holding steel, not finished faces. What are you all using to keep a panel from slipping without scarring it?