I'd get a welder to restore & hardface the surfaces. - GWE


Koz wrote:


JK wrote:

I have a buddy who is cutting about 2000 ft ea of 1.5 angle iron. 1.5
round tubing and 1 inch sq tubing
on a Jet 7 x 12 H&V band saw each month. It is more cost effective
for him to have an employee to cut the stock
than have it cut by the supplier. The stock is cutting a groove
in each face of the vise and the bed of the saw. The cost of
replacing the vise jaws is small, the cost of replacing the bed of the
saw is not so small. We were kicking around the idea of an abrasion
resistant plate to attach to the vise jaws and the saw bed. Has
anyone done this or what material would be suitable to do this?

regards,
Jim


Try something like that available at http://www.aasteel.com/abrasion.html

Assuming the fixed jaw stays square to the blade due to the constant
wear pattern, you could cut away an area at each side under the moving
jaw to attach the wear plates to the bed while leaving the center (down
to the screw) intact.
Koz