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104432 "Eric T. Cooper" <ecooper@c...> 2002‑03‑12 New Bio & Bench Dogs
Hello to all on the porch!

My name is Eric Cooper and I kind of backed into woodworking about 2
months ago.  We were cleaning out my grandfather's
mostly-metal-and-general-all-around-putzing shop and two of the items I
obtained were a box of Disston & sons Assorted needle files and a
smallish metal-working vise.  Well, what good is a vise without a
workbench, and rather than buy one at the big-box store, I decided to
build one myself.  A quick google search led me to the (new-to-me) world
of wood-working benches.  These were not what I had in mind to mount my
vise, but I started thinking--always dangerous--that a woodworking bench
would be kinda cool.

So here I am about 1/2 through Bob Key's beginner bench and having a
blast!  Just lurking here on the list has helped my in many ways, and
I'm sure I'll have many questions as I move along on the bench.

I do have one question:  What size do most people make their bench dog
slots?  Just by eye-balling it seems to me that a rectangular shape
would work best and I have laid out 1" wide (side to side) by 3/4" deep
(front to back).  Any problems?

Thanks again,

Eric Cooper
Columbia, Missouri
ecooper@c...



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