| Project by ChrisinOttawa | posted 1265 days ago | 5408 views | 66 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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Always looking for a better way to lock a bench dog so you can plain thin stock and not have the hand plane knock the dog into the bench. The latest pair of ‘lockable’ square dogs are a nice way to use up small pieces of exotic wood. The bigger kingwood one fits my bench and the smaller rosewood one is for a 3/4” square hole. Work great. A light turn of the slot screw and it locks in place. This is the same method used to lock circuit cards in card slots of electronic enclosures that get shaken in use. You have to hold it when you release the screw or it fall through the dog hole. Can’t do much about gravity but a rubber o-ring to create an interference fit would help. The two dogs with wedges and springs are an older version.
-- Chirs in Ottawa
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SteveL
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#1 posted 1265 days ago
Nicest looking bench doggies I’ve seen. Where did you get the hardware?
-- SteveL
Chris Cunanan
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#2 posted 1265 days ago
wow, can’t Wait to see what bench you build to match these masterpieces! =]
Rj
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#3 posted 1264 days ago
Very cool design!! you could market these.
-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,
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#4 posted 1264 days ago
That is really clever. Thanks
Dennisgrosen
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#5 posted 1264 days ago
like them and I like that you made the hardware by your self
but can´t the hardware destroy the edge of a sharp plane
Dennis
shredkeenan
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#6 posted 1264 days ago
Ingenious
ChrisinOttawa
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#7 posted 1264 days ago
Hi Dennis, you’re right. Don’t ask me how I know this.
I will lower the screw and collar below the surface to prevent nicking the blade edge. I make the simple brass hardware with a small metal lathe. Some fastener retailers sell metric barrel nuts (IKEA for one).
-- Chirs in Ottawa
kerflesss
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#8 posted 1263 days ago
Nice idea and beautifully crafted
Roz
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#9 posted 1263 days ago
Bright idea!
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
mafe
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#10 posted 1257 days ago
So beautiful, thank you.
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
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