Popular woodworking magazine managing editor glen d. huey shows you how to make perfect, evenly spaced dog holes in your workbench top using a router.. How to drill perfectly vertical bench dog holes in your workbench a woodworking bench is more than just a table to lay your tools and project parts on. used well, your bench is an all-in-one, three-dimensional clamping solution that will allow you to hold your work on any of its edges or faces.. I replaced the worn out plywood boards on an old black & decker workmate with white oak 5/4 boards. i drilled the bench dog holes for standard size rather than the larger size for the bench dogs that came with b&d wm. the rockler bench dogs fit and work very well with the new work surfaces..
Picks your dogs first, then make the holes fit. round dogs, like lv's, and holddowns tend to be 3/4" diameter to the best of my knowledge. the pattern depends upon the vises you use and how you like to work, what scale you work in, whether your bench is located for access to both sides (as opposed to up agains the wall) and several other factors.. The second piece of 8/4 ash was glued on as a fence, the distance from the holes to the fence equalled the desired distance of the dog holes from the edge of the bench. once one hole was drilled, a dog placed through the first hole in the jig and passed through to the first hole, automatically set the second hole of the jig to drill the next hole.. Making bench dogs for less than 1$: you just finished building your brand new workbench and now it is time to look for some accessories. since you have drilled dozens of 3/4" bench dog holes in your workbench, you say to yourself, i should get at least ten of these. this is where my....
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