On 2018-01-22 7:51 AM, William Ghio wrote:
> I don’t know if it has any other name and am too lazy to go thru the old books
to look for it. It’s just a flat piece of wood w/ a vee cut in it. stock is
wedged in the vee w/ a shaped block and stuff is locked. Very handy for edge
planing.  Anybody else use one of these?

Yup! I call it a planing wedge. Mine is 1/2in plywood, the better to 
avoid splitting. I put the wedge on the far side of the workpiece to 
bring the work closer to the bench edge. I hold it in place between the 
metal dog on my vise and a dog-hole post on the bench. Have to make 
another one soon as it's worn and doesn't hold as well as it once did. 
I'll make the new one out of 3/4 ply. An alternative type uses two 
strips lodged in dog-holes, one strip parallel to the bench, the other 
angled.  I've also seen them with a small hook fashioned on the leading 
edge of the wedge, which the material catches to push the wedge in. I 
guess it doesn't need a mallet to tighten.

Don

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