"Jim McGill" wrote in message
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| Recently got a pattern makers vise (see
| www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3516 for a close cousin) and
| want to put wood inside the jaws so it doesn't chew up the finish on the
| furniture I'm working on. It's Taiwanese cast iron, quite well finished,
| but doesn't have mounting holes through the jaws to attach the wood
| liner. I shattered a valve cover many years ago drilling a hole in it so
| I know there are some things you shouldn't do drilling cast iron. So how
| should I support it, what kind of drills should I use, and what should I
| watch out for? I'll be drilling 4 fairly small holes, probably about
| 3/16" through the thinnest part of the web.
|
| Thanks
|
| Jim

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