Hello Eric :-)

I have a wooden bench dog on my current bench and I had a similar
one on my last real bench. Both were about 1.25" square and made
of strong hardwood (latest one is from Eucalytus Regnans an
 Australian tree sold as Victorian/Tasmanian Ash, KD Hardwood, etc).

I pokes up through a hole adjacent to the front, left leg of the
bench. It has a 3/8" slot that rides over a coach bolt and a large
flat washer and a wing nut enable adjustment of its height.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric T. Cooper
> 
> My name is Eric Cooper
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> 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?
>