re: Woodworking vice/vise. What you got?

Depends on what you want to do. I built a moxon vise like this that is good for dovetailing:

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Works quite well and is cheap to build.

I also have a quick release vise that was my dad's vise mounted to the front of my bench.

I think the jaw material really doesn't matter that much. I used maple because I had it. Red oak would work. I'm sure pine would work also.