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Re: Custom vise jaws experience?
Heya Dave!
Long time , no talk! thanks for chiming in! Yes that would work, but I have a second drill press vise that has the tilt/protractor feature, so in my case simply alingning "straight" in the soft jaws, tilting the vise and locking, then using either drill press depth stop or simple tape on bit should work for one off prototyping. Failing that, I'd use your method for individual work. There is actually something like "smart beads" (i'll look up the name if any need) that you put in hot water to melt, then mold to your liking, then hardens as it cools. Then neat thing is, you heat it up again and reuse. I'm a physical therapist, and it's used to make custom grips for things like utensils for those unable to grip a "normal" spoon, etc. I've seen that it's available comercially as well. I've always though it would be good for mold masters for soft plastics, but never gottem\n around to using it...
Only problem using it in this case would be that it might contain some wax or silicone, which could lead to cratering and other problems in the painting/coating..
Craig
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