A holdfast uses the thickness of the bench to hold down a piece of wood with no additional clamps.
Holes in woodworking bench. The first hole to lay out is the one at the back left. This hole is positioned so that the tip of the holdfast reaches to the right so that it is just in front of your planing stop. These holes are not randomly placed and are actually called dog holes dog holes help woodworking professionals hold the piece they re working on. Scandi plus jaw cushions jc 11.
Woodriver woodriver bench dog 3 4in 2pc. You can also get a product called wonder dogs that let you apply pressure at odd angles. In addition to bench dogs explained well by doresoom above there are other devices that use the same holes. Woodriver 4 1 4 miter vise.
Then position the drilling guide s alignment marks with those on the bench. Huey shows you how to make perfect evenly spaced dog holes in your workbench top using a router. Take a look at any woodworking professional s workbench and you might wonder why there are holes randomly cut into the top. Secure the jig to work bench and carefully drill hole.
Clamp the guide in place along with a backer board to prevent tear out on the bottom of the bench. Popular woodworking magazine managing editor glen d. 4 57 out of 5 stars. Fit the forstner bit into the jig and lightly move the jig side to side until the point of forstner bit presses into the dimple.
While this bench provides a variety of dog holes and even offers numerous pegs and dowels to go along with it the dog holes are not spaced as closely or with as much variation as you see with many other benches. Using a sharp object punch small dimple marks on your work bench where you want to drill holes. Join my mailing list get on the fast track to the woodworking content you really like by joining my list and telling me what you most want to see in video text song. Mark the row of dogholes on your bench aligning the mark with the dog on your bench s vise.
Ultimately this means that smaller workpieces may not be able to use the dog holes and pegs as well. Draw a crosshatch to locate the first hole. Wr hd table vise 2in. Then bore dog holes in 6 increments from the center of the first hole until you run out of benchtop.
A dog in this hole can now hold a board from 6 to 12 1 2 overlapping the vise capacity just a little. So with the vise jaws closed locate the first hole 6 from the vise s dog a little less than the vise s capacity. I ve found very few instances of needed to counterbore the underside of a bench for holdfasts and i ve tested a variety of holdfasts in benches from 2 to 6 inches thick. Woodriver small holdfast.
It is 4 from the back edge of the bench and about 8 from the left end of the workbench. Secure forstner bit in your drill.