Bill wrote the following on 3/11/2013 7:59 PM (ET):
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


I thought you were going to ask how to stop a dog from digging in the
yard. :-)

I was a Metalsmith in the US Navy back in the late 1950s. I only dealt
with steel dogs.
The holes in the steel table were round and the steel dogs were bent,
sort of like the number "7". The dogs were inserted in the hole and onto
the work, then tapped down with a hammer to clamp the work.
The difference in wooden dogs rather than steels dogs is the hole is
angled rather than the dog itself.

pic of shop. Note the dogs on the rail below the tabletop and one in use
on the table.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...full-exif=true
Or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/czjke3h

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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