Best way to attach leather to a vise chop?

Contact cement is probably your best bet.

I used cork instead of leather on my vise and contact cement worked well. I’ve also used contact cement to glue leather to MDF for a honing strop and that worked well. So, I would think contact cement would do fine for adhering leather to hardwood.

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Contact cement or 3M spray adhesive.

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+4 for contact cement.

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I used wood glue.

I don’t like cork it breaks apart to easily.

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I used carpet tape. Been on a year plus with no issues.

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3m Super 77 works great, just make sure to follow the directions. You really do want to spray from 8 inches away, don’t use too much, and give the surfaces a coupla minutes to tack up before mating them.

I have leather in my face vise, but if you’re considering alternatives, I just re-did my end vise with Crubber, the stuff Benchcrafted is using now to line their vises. So far, two thumbs up, but it’s only been about 6 months.

Interesting…. where did you get the Crubber?

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Interesting…. where did you get the Crubber?

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OOOh…. I found the rubber-cork blend on McMaster-Carr.

How thick is the Crubber? and is it super flexible, or somewhat stiff?

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Leather workers use contact cement on their projects. They seem to mostly prefer either the Barge or Weldwood brands.
Rodney

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