On a tight budget, my practical, non-decorative approach was to auger holes into
the face skirt of my Sellers that match my dog holes on top.

My "dogs" are maple stair balusters cut to various lengths. Two dogs in the face
plus the plank "leg vice" let me hold anything from 1' to 8', and any thickness.

I rationalize it by saying I was green, and don't want to risk using metal
because of blade risk. .....

Cheapskate bench cheat#9:

I bought some cheap 48" F clamps on the 'bay that turned out to be real
crap....at first it looked like $30 wasted.

But.....

- cut one 48" bar to 6" and 12" lengths
- drilled a hole across the ends of each
- put bolt through hole
- slip big flat washer over that bolt, bit of framing wire as a keep...

....I now have 4 Poor Man's JUUMA holdfasts, for less than the price of 1.

Slip the bar up through a dog hole, slide the jaw on and bobs your uncle,
infinitely adjustable, don't need to be banged like a holdfast, won't slip or
slop, easy as kiss my hand.

I work a lot of green oak, so I spend a LOT of time scrubbing from irregular
splits. I used these this weekend for that, and they were awesome......

I'll make a couple into Wonder Dogs next time I get the welder out. 

MPf.