They are called "dog holes". The stick that you place in them is called a
"bench dog"

There should be a vise which also has one or more dog holes. A dog placed in
a fixed hole in the bench top used in conjuction with a dog in the vise
become the "jaws" of potentially large vise or clamp above the surfadec of
the bench.

You should be able to get the idea from the picture on this link

http://www.woodirect.com/workbench.htm




"Zed Rafi" wrote in message
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Hello,

A couple of years ago, i bought a workbench assembly at Canadian Tire (our
Home Depot).
The top working surface has a number of holes bored through it, in each of
which can be fitted the lower end of a cross-sectionally rectangular,
elongated wood stick. When this wood stick is fitted in one of these
bores,
it projects vertically upwardly from the surface of the workbench.

What are these for??? I imagine they're used as guiding means of some
sort.
I've kindda discarded them cause i didn't see any use for them.... but
i've
seen them around on other workbenches than mine, so i imagine they must be
useful to some extent.

thanks for the info