Square Bench Dogs

While you can easily buy bench dogs making your own is super easy and can be customized any way you need them.

Square bench dogs. 1 pair of ulmia rectangular bench dogs. 99 of my between dog clamping has always been with parallel ended workpieces. However round dogs do not provide the best gripping surface.

Steel spring recessed into side shaft 20mm x 28mm at head 28mm dimension increases to 35mm. Wood project designers builders kevin boyle and john olson differ in their preferences for dogs that require round or square bench holes. Wooden dogs have no exposed metal to bang into plane bodies or cutting edges.

Order the full video of build a joiner s workbench here. A square dog s face is set square to the bench top which will suit most situations when making furniture but in practice i often rely on my dogs rotating to be able to hold work securely. These bench dogs will not fit older benches.

Square steel bench dogs used to be the most common since years ago hardware would generally be made at the forge and hammering a nice fitting square dog would have been easiest. Square dogs are always parallel to each other. Height of jaws 30mm.

A quick method of making square bench dogs from alan turner. Veritas traditional square bench dogs traditional square bench dogs have a rectangular cross section and a side spring. Round dog holes are easier to make as they are simply drilled into the bench using a suitably sized bit.

Kevin likes dogs with round shanks for their versatility. Since craftsmen earned their living at their bench it was all about pace and when you re doing a lot of planing a wooden dog might not last too long so steel it was. You ll find a tremendous variety of dogs and other bench accessories such as hold downs that fit into 3 4 round holes he says.