On 3/11/2013 7:59 PM, Bill wrote:
I was watching a NYW video today and Norm was cutting the bench-dog
holes 4-degrees "inward" (toward the vise) so that his wooden dogs
weren't pushed enough toresultantly lose their grip on the work.

I am just curious since it caught me by surprise. Is it
standardprocedure to cut bench holes this way,or just with wooden dogs,
or neither?

P.S. Don't tell my wife I was thinking about getting a dog, or she'll be
all over it!; )

Bill

Mine are drilled straight since they are round holes.
I use both Veritas dogs and pups which has an angle already in the hold
down, and I use home made stops for various things. The require straight
.. I also use gramercy holdfasts, which work better with a straight hole.

If I had square dogs they would be at an angle... probably less than 4
though.

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Jeff