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Posted: 4/18/2018 4:23:27 AM EDT
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I just use sections of old belts that I used to wear, that have broke or shrunk over the years(sure they have)
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Posted: 4/18/2018 6:33:03 AM EDT
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Chop up an old leather belt.
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Posted: 4/18/2018 7:28:08 AM EDT
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If you have a hobby lobby type place nearby they sell a bag of leather scrap pieces, remnants pretty cheap.
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Posted: 4/18/2018 8:58:36 AM EDT
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Goodwill, old belt.
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Posted: 4/18/2018 7:22:25 PM EDT
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I cut fingers (primarily flippin' finger) from leather gloves (rough leather construction type), snip off finger tip, and slide over barrel. For the tube you could use rearward of fingers remaining section. For an even better grip, wet them (wring well) or for that matter a wet wash cloth works very well.
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Posted: 4/18/2018 7:43:11 PM EDT
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Harbor Freight has leather welding gloves/aprons/bibs/sleeves cheap. Lots of leather for projects.
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Posted: 4/19/2018 4:17:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I cut fingers (primarily flippin' finger) from leather gloves (rough leather construction type), snip off finger tip, and slide over barrel. For the tube you could use rearward of fingers remaining section. For an even better grip, wet them (wring well) or for that matter a wet wash cloth works very well. 
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Posted: 4/19/2018 10:34:16 AM EDT
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I have always wrapped the barrel in piece of rubber cut from an inner tube. I hadn't thought of leather.
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Posted: 4/19/2018 2:41:44 PM EDT
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I have always wrapped the barrel in piece of rubber cut from an inner tube. I hadn't thought of leather. |
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Posted: 4/19/2018 6:20:56 PM EDT
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I have always wrapped the barrel in piece of rubber cut from an inner tube. I hadn't thought of leather. and I've also used rubber hose several times and it worked fine |
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Posted: 4/19/2018 6:47:37 PM EDT
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Using aluminum jaws, I've never had success with inner tubes, garden hose, etc. I thought for sure a soft rubber would grip like an ape but just wasn't the case for me. I've considered roughening up the aluminum. But when I had slippage with rubber, it was the barrel itself rotating and not the rubber.
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Posted: 4/20/2018 8:12:36 AM EDT
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Home made wood block and rubber here.
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Posted: 4/20/2018 9:40:50 AM EDT
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Home made wood block and rubber here. |
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Posted: 4/20/2018 10:17:10 AM EDT
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Leather works really well. Any scrap will do. This was excess cut from a too long rifle sling.
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Posted: 4/20/2018 1:13:33 PM EDT
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Using aluminum jaws, I've never had success with inner tubes, garden hose, etc. I thought for sure a soft rubber would grip like an ape but just wasn't the case for me. I've considered roughening up the aluminum. But when I had slippage with rubber, it was the barrel itself rotating and not the rubber. |
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Posted: 4/20/2018 1:31:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: SquirrelDaddy recommends using leather with their aluminum barrel vise blocks. |
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Posted: 4/21/2018 2:58:54 PM EDT
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I also recommend old leather belts. If you don't have a worn out one, find one at a Goodwill store.
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Posted: 4/22/2018 12:45:46 PM EDT
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That all sounds like a lot of extra work. I use a BEV block for barrel work and lower work. No need to clamp anything else.
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Posted: 4/23/2018 9:32:39 AM EDT
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That all sounds like a lot of extra work. I use a BEV block for barrel work and lower work. No need to clamp anything else. |
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Posted: 4/23/2018 11:26:35 AM EDT
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A scrap of leather around the barrel is a lot of work? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That all sounds like a lot of extra work. I use a BEV block for barrel work and lower work. No need to clamp anything else. |
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Posted: 4/24/2018 11:17:22 AM EDT
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The Tandy store should have some scraps of "rough one side" leather for not much. I think rough leather holds well, but I know it will hold rosin better than old leather. And there's always a use here or there for a bit of leather as a bumper or something similar, so you won't be wasting your time getting some scraps, even if you don't like how it works for a barrel.
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