Making Bench Dogs

MarkRoderick | Posted in Power Tools and Machinery on March 28, 2005 05:26am

I have rectangular bench dog holes in my workbench and use simple rectangles of wood as bench dogs. No problem. At some time in the distant past, however, I saw a method for gluing a wooden “spring” to the side of the dog to hold it in place until pressure is applied. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

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UncleDunc | Mar 28, 2005 05:41pm | #1
Here's one approach.

http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/ProductImages/workbenches/114143.jpg

I've also seen pictures of ones where the dog body was kerfed at about at 10 or 15 degree angle and the spring glued into the kerf.
Floss | Mar 28, 2005 05:55pm | #2
MARKRODERICK,

Here are some photos of the dogs I use. Similar to the ones in the magazine but not exact. I had some left over maple and ash from when I built my bench. The springs are ash and I used small brass screws to secure them to the dog. I think I cut the angle on the bottom about 10 deg. The overall length is 5" with the springs being 3".

J.P.

http://www.jpkfinefurniture.com