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01-23-2020, 09:53 AM
As a disclaimer, Woodsmith bought this one so you may see it in their tips sections or videos. . .

A 5-3/4" square with a 3/4" hole drilled through; 1-3/8" from one edge and 2-3/8" from a perpendicular edge (or suit yourself).  Glue in a 3/4" dowel of a length that suits your use.
   
Now you have a dog that can be 1", 2", 3" or 4" away from the dog hole or vise chop:
   
   
   
   
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01-23-2020, 10:04 AM
Brilliant idea! Now I just need to build a workbench with dog holes.
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01-23-2020, 02:59 PM
Unrelated question - What material did you use for the top of your workbench?
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01-23-2020, 03:48 PM (This post was last modified: 01-23-2020, 03:49 PM by GeeDub.)
(01-23-2020, 02:59 PM)Chuckhead Wrote: Unrelated question - What material did you use for the top of your workbench?

Those pics are taken on top of my outfeed/assembly table . . . maybe I should do a thread on that . . .  It is two pieces of 3/4" BB ply with 1/8" tempered hardboard laminated to the top with contact cement.  I have made work surfaces in the past with replaceable hardboard tops.  Fourteen years of use and never a replacement so I just glued this one on.  Besides, it had dog holes and had to take lateral pressure.

My bench is two sheets of 3/4" MDF on top of 2 sheets of 3/4" BB ply wrapped in a hard maple.
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01-23-2020, 06:27 PM
(01-23-2020, 03:48 PM)GeeDub Wrote: Those pics are taken on top of my outfeed/assembly table . . . maybe I should do a thread on that . . .  It is two pieces of 3/4" BB ply with 1/8" tempered hardboard laminated to the top with contact cement.  I have made work surfaces in the past with replaceable hardboard tops.  Fourteen years of use and never a replacement so I just glued this one on.  Besides, it had dog holes and had to take lateral pressure.

My bench is two sheets of 3/4" MDF on top of 2 sheets of 3/4" BB ply wrapped in a hard maple.

I've always used hardboard on my benchtop too.  But since I probably do less straight woodworking than I do general home/toy/small appliance/honey-can-you-fix-this repair work that involves paint, oil, grease, soldering flux, epoxy, etc., I'm currently on my third replacement top.  I dream of having a shop big enough for a general purpose workbench and one dedicated to woodworking.  Someday . . . . 
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01-23-2020, 04:53 PM
I like this one, thanks!  Keep them coming.
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