Monday, 5 January 2026

Soft jaws for Paramo and Record vises

Those new jaws I got for the Paramo vise are pretty vicious and the Record vise jaws aren't much friendlier. Clamping soft stuff such as wood or plastic in either vise leaves witness marks.

Looked for some ready to go designs on Makerspace etc but I could only find jaws that were intended for different sized vises. I have No3 vises, which have 4" wide jaws, whereas the nearest I could find are for No4 vises which have 4.5" jaws.

Simple enough to flash something up in Fusion and print a couple of sets to see how they fit the vises. 



That worked OK but I can't help myself but have another go at making it a bit better still. Some of the edges are a bit vicious and the "brim" that was printed around the build plate was a PITA to remove using a deburring tool.

And why not make it a parametric design while I'm at it?



And put some edge breaks on the various edges. Then export it as STL and get it printed....

Oof. Seems the first layers are curling. That usually menas the bed needs to be heated.


Yes, 75-90C would be good - but the default parameters for the eSUN PETG in the Orca slicer don't include bed heating.


That's better. With 90C bed temp, there's no warping:

Nice finish, no distortion, no need to deburr. Got there in the end.....

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