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264782 gary may 2018‑01‑22 Re: Bench stop wedge
Hi Don---
  I've seen what you describe as the 'alternative type', on my own bench, but
never saw it done this way before, and I sure like it. Elegant, and only two
pieces.  It's easier to fix to the bench than my present way, which is two
strips, a snecked wedge and four dogs. Phew.
    I'll do it like you do, too, with the birdsmouth's wedge to the back, so
that the work, however thick it may be, is always the same distance from the
close edge of the bench.
and all the best---gam in OlyWA/USA
 

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      From: Don Schwartz 
 To: oldtools@s... 
 Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 8:25 AM
 Subject: Re: [OldTools] Bench stop wedge
   
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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