Work Bench Dog Hole Spacing

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Work bench dog hole spacing. I m an advocate for as few holes as possible at first and to add them as nee. This thread is archived. Do you have a question for wwgoa.

Ideally space the dog holes so you can secure a board of any width to the workbench ken so start by measuring your vise s capacity. That way you ll be certain that regardless of the length of the material you re trying to hold in the dogs you ll be able to catch it. But a board larger than that must be secured between the vise dog and a bench dog.

Now i ll move onto making bench dog holes and holdfast holes. It s certainly possible but a tool that depended on a specific hole spacing would have a very small market since there s no standard spacing. The center to center spacing of your bench dog holes should be slightly less than the travel of your vise.

This is the most difficult to lay out. Click the image to download the pdf diagram to help you place your first dog holes. So many people ask me where to drill hole for their dogs on their new workbench.

The traditional way to increase the work holding capability is to place dog holes in your bench top and allowing them to work in tandem with a face or end vise to secure parts of any size. For example if the vise s jaws can hold a board up to 6 1 2 secure any board up to that size between the jaws. In order to work best these holes need to be drilled vertically.

There s not even a standard shape for dog holes round is popular these days because it s easy to make round holes but square bench dogs and holes are very traditional. Remember that you want to have your holdfasts in hand first so you can measure their reach. Bench dog hole spacing.