On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 01:05:33 GMT, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

alexy wrote:

I have wooden bench dogs that insist on falling down in their holes.

But is there something else I could put on the dog's body
or the dog hole sides to make their mating less slippery? (Keep it
clean, guys!)

I made wooden bench dogs for my workbench but never put a spring on
them. Can't recall where I saw it (Fine Woodworking maybe)but I'll fess
up that it wasn't MY idea.

I used small bullet catches like you use for a inset cabinet door. One
set into the side of each dog making it maybe 3/16" proud. Never had
one slip through yet. Mine are walnut finished with Watco.

I think the spring-loaded bullet catch would work well as long
as the dogs have enough "meat" to contain them.

Along the same lines, I wonder if one could achieve a similar
effect by inserting a short piece of rubber, tubing, pencil eraser,
etc. into a small hole in the side of the dog? Something "spongey",
protruding just enough to compress as the dog is inserted into the
hole and firm enough to prevent it from slipping through.