Vise jaws for holding irregular shaped objects and method of installing them on prior art vises

A method for installing and using a morphing jaw assembly on a vise, the method comprising:

• providing a first dowel pin and a second dowel pin, each dowel pin having a first end and a second end;
• providing a vise, the vise including a first jaw, a second jaw, and a screw, the first jaw and the second jaw opposing each other, the screw configured to open or close the first and second jaws relative to each other based on rotation of the screw, the first jaw and the second jaw each having a hole configured for receiving the first end of a respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins;
• providing a first morphing jaw and a second morphing jaw, each morphing jaw including:
• eight first-tier clamping members, each first-tier clamping member including a front clamping surface and a rear radius surface, the front clamping surface for contacting an object that is to be constrained by the morphing jaw assembly,
• four second-tier bow members, each second-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the eight first-tier clamping members, and
• two third-tier bow members, each third-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the four second-tier bow members,
• a fourth-tier bow member, the fourth-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the two third-tier bow members,
• wherein the bottom surface of the fourth-tier bow member includes a hole configured for receiving the second end of the respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins, and the bottom surface of the at least one of the two third-tier bow members or at least one of the four second-tier bow members includes a hole configured for receiving the second end of the respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins;
• inserting the first end of the first dowel pin into the hole of the first jaw;
• inserting the first end of the second dowel pin into the hole of the second jaw;
• inserting the second end of the first dowel pin into the hole of the fourth-tier bow member, the hole of the third-tier bow member, or the hole of the second-tier bow member of the first morphing jaw such that the first morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the first dowel pin prohibited from translational movement;
• and
• inserting the second end of the second dowel pin into the hole of the fourth-tier bow member, the hole of the third-tier bow member, or the hole of the second-tier bow member of the second morphing jaw such that the second morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the second dowel pin prohibited from translational movement.

A method for installing and using a morphing jaw assembly on a vise, the method comprising:

• providing a vise, the vise including a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw and the second jaw being configured to open and close relative to each other, the first jaw and the second jaw each having a hole for receiving a pin;
• providing a first morphing jaw and a second morphing jaw, each morphing jaw including:
• first-tier clamping members, each first-tier clamping member including a front clamping surface and a rear radius surface, the front clamping surface for contacting an object that is to be constrained by the morphing jaw assembly
• second-tier bow members, each second-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the first-tier clamping members, and
• a third-tier bow member, the third-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the second-tier bow members,
• wherein the bottom surface of the third-tier bow member includes a hole configured for receiving the pin of either the first morphing jaw or the second morphing jaw, and the bottom surface of the at least one of the second-tier bow members includes a hole configured for receiving the pin of either the first morphing jaw or the second morphing jaw;
• providing the pin of the first jaw at the hole of the third-tier bow member or the hole of the at least one of the second-tier bow members of the first morphing jaw such that the first morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the pin of the first jaw prohibited from translational movement;
• and
• providing the pin of the second jaw at the hole of the third-tier bow member or the hole of the at least one of the second-tier bow members of the second morphing jaw such that the second morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the pin of the second jaw prohibited from translational movement.