Now use a 3 4 brad point guided by the holes in the drill guide to drill through the workbench.
How to use workbench dog holes. The guide to dog hole placement. Now i ll move onto making bench dog holes and holdfast holes. To make a lot of consistently sized bench dog holes i setup a plunge router with an adjustable fence. So seeing as i just built a new workbench myself and had to ask myself this question i thought it was time to come up with something more definitive.
Then position the drilling guide s alignment marks with those on the bench. A holdfast uses the thickness of the bench to hold down a piece of wood with no additional clamps. Making bench dog holes holdfast holes in your workbench top. You can also get a product called wonder dogs that let you apply pressure at odd angles.
These marks should be aligned. Drill through the 2 4. That depends is usually the answer i give and that probably frustrates more than it helps. Mark the location for the entrance and exit hole on the 2 4.
Now clamp the 2 4 on edge to your benchtop and use the plumb holes as an oversized doweling jig to guide your auger bit. If your entrance and exit holes both hit the mark the hole is plumb. After completing the holes rout a small chamfer around the lip of each one to eliminate sharp corners. In addition to bench dogs explained well by doresoom above there are other devices that use the same holes.
I have a pretty quick and easy method so let s get started. 3 4 dog hole bushing not required but highly recommended more below 3 4 auger bit more below crosscut saw drill and other assorted tools length of 2x4 some 3 4 plywood and other scraps. Where do i put my dog holes. So i present my foolproof secret to.