Vise jaws for holding irregular shaped objects

A morphing jaw for use with a vise, the morphing jaw comprising:

• at least four first-tier clamping members, each of the first-tier clamping members including a front clamping surface, a rear radius surface, and a bottom surface, the rear radius surface including a circumferential groove, the circumferential groove being a recession from the rear radius surface to an inner radius, the inner radius being less than the rear radius surface, the rear radius surface including a magnet that is separate and offset from the circumferential groove;
• at least two second-tier bow members, each of the second-tier bow members including a first concave surface, a second concave surface, a rear radius surface, and a bottom surface, the rear radius surface including a circumferential groove, the circumferential groove being a recession from the rear radius surface to an inner radius, the inner radius being less than the rear radius surface, the rear radius surface including a magnet that is separate and offset from the circumferential groove, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a respective first-tier bow member of the at least four first-tier clamping members via the corresponding magnet of the at least four first-tier clamping members, the first concave surface and the second concave surface each including a circumferential protrusion, each circumferential protrusion configured to receive the circumferential groove of a respective first-tier clamping member;
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• at least one third-tier bow member, each third-tier bow member of the at least one third-tier bow member including a first concave surface, a second concave surface, a rear radius surface, and a bottom surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface of the third-tier bow member magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius of a respective second-tier bow member of the at least two second-tier bow members via the corresponding magnet of the at least two second-tier bow members, the first concave surface and the second concave surface each including a circumferential protrusion, each circumferential protrusion of the third-tier bow member configured to receive the circumferential groove of a respective second-tier bow member,
• wherein the at least one third-tier bow member includes a dowel pin hole configured for receiving a dowel pin for pivotal coupling with the vise, the dowel pin hole located on the bottom surface of the third-tier bow member and symmetrically between the first concave surface and the second concave surface the third-tier bow member, and
• wherein the second-tier bow member and the first-tier bow member are holeless and dowelless.

A morphing jaw for use with a vise, the morphing jaw comprising:

• first-tier clamping members, each of the first-tier clamping members including a front clamping surface, a rear radius surface, a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed ledge formed adjacent to the rear radius surface and the bottom surface, the recessed ledge being a recession from the rear radius surface to an inner radius, the inner radius being less than the rear radius surface, the recessed ledge being closer to the bottom surface than the top surface;
• second-tier bow members, each of the second-tier bow members including a first concave surface, a second concave surface, a rear radius surface, a bottom surface, a recessed ledge formed adjacent to the rear radius surface and the bottom surface, and a protruded ledge formed adjacent to the bottom surface and each of the first and second concave surface, the recessed ledge being a recession from the rear radius surface to an inner radius, the inner radius being less than the rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a respective first-tier bow member of the at least one of the first-tier clamping members, the protruded ledge configured to concentrically receive the recessed ledge of a respective first-tier clamping member;
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• at least one third-tier bow member, the third-tier bow member including a first concave surface, a second concave surface, a rear radius surface, a bottom surface, and a protruded ledge formed adjacent to the bottom surface and each of the first and second concave surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface of the third-tier bow member magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius of a respective second-tier bow member of the at least one of the second-tier bow members, the protruded ledge of the third-tier bow member configured to concentrically receive the recessed ledge of a respective second-tier bow member.